After establishing our IV
we are going to clearly explain to the patient
that we will be administrating an IV bolus medication.
First we need to set up our equipment
For this skill we will need
eye protection
gloves
a prefilled syringe
alcohol swabs
and a sharps container.
Once we have all of our equipment together
we need to confirm the medication order.
We will be administering epinephrine, one to ten thousand
in a prefilled syringe, one milligram.
We need to make sure that our patient has no allergies
that would prevent us from giving this medication.
And after that we need to explain to the patient
that we will be administering this medication to him.
From there with both yourselves and the partner
you need to confirm the medication using the five medication rights
The five rights are right patient,
right medication, right route
right dose and concentration and the right time.
After you have confirmed these. We need to put on the appropriate PPE.
Once our appropriate PPE is on
we need to put together or prefilled syringe.
We will remove the caps.
and then twist the together until they lock.
From there we need to choose the appropriate site and cleanse it.
After cleansing the port
We are going to come back and reconfirm our medication.
We are going to close off our IV line.
Administer the medication and the appropriate rate.
Immediately dispose of the syringe.
Open back up our IV line to a TKO rate.
and monitor our patient for adverse and desired effects.