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A Novel Approach for the Administration of Medications and Fluids in Emergency Scenarios and Settings
Published on: November 9, 2016
Defining a standard medication kit for prehospital and retrieval physicians: a comprehensive review
J Sadewasser1, A Potter, D Ellis
1CareFlight Medical Services, EMQ Hangar 12, Bushpilot Avenue, Aeroglen, Queensland 4870, Australia. sadewasser@lycos.com
Background:
There is little consolidated evidence for which prehospital and retrieval drugs a given service should carry.
Objectives:
To suggest a core group of drugs based on the best evidence currently available.
Methods:
This paper has reviewed documents from recognised evidence-based sources and put together an initial skeleton for an evidence-based drug pack.
Results:
The resultant list of drugs is divided up into core agents with suggestions for regional variations. This may be of particular interest to de novo services.
Conclusions:
This review offers a starting point for services based on the evidence currently available. It is hoped that prehospital and retrieval clinicians will start to look analytically at what they carry and, through a process of audit, aim to improve the evidence in this area. Future reviews and comparisons of worldwide prehospital and retrieval databases are suggested.
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