Pediatric IV Medication Administration Quiz
2013-2014 On-Going Competencies
Submit completed quiz to Mary McAdams
Name: ______________________________________ Date: ____________________
You are caring for a patient that is 1-day-old who was born today at home full-term (1-hour ago). The child was
having slowing respirations and is now unresponsive. EMS was notified and arrived to care for the baby. An I-O
was started in the left tibia. Jason is intubated with a 3.5 uncuffed ET-Tube. There were 3-doses of epinephrine
administered en route. You are caring for Jason now. Weight is 3-Kg. The physician orders the following IV Push:
Atropine 0.3 mg
Epinephrine 0.3 mg
Dextrose 1.5 gram
1.
Provide 2-resources on how you know if these are appropriate and accurate dosages for Jason.
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2.
How many mL of Atropine will you administer to Jason? ________________________________________
3.
Indicate how you would draw up the Atropine and describe the method you would give this drug so you
can clearly visualize the amount being administered. Do you have any “tricks” to insure you are not giving
too much drug? _______mL
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4. How much Epinephrine would you administer? ___________mL. What routes could you administer the
drug, name at least 2 including if you would use 1:1000 or 1:10,000 concentration
Route
5
Amount of drug
Concentration used
Jason needs some Dextrose. How would you prepare 1.5 Gms to safely administer this drug?
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What concentration would you use? ___________________________
Why should you be concerned about the concentration is 10%, 25% or 50%?
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6.
Provide at least 4-safety measures to insure that you have administered these drugs properly:
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b.
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c.
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d.
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