Emergency Resuscitation Cue Poster A3 A4

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Emergency drugs: Initial doses 1–18 years+

Indication Drug Dose Indication Drug Dose


0.01 mL/kg 1.5 microg/kg
Adrenaline
Anaphylaxis (max 0.5 mL) Fentanyl* (max 100microg)
1/1,000
intramuscular intranasal
Adrenaline
0.1 mL/kg IV Morphine* 0.05–0.1 mg/kg IV
1/10,000 Pain
Cardiac 5 mg/kg IV
Arrest Amiodarone**
(max 300 mg)
Oxycodone* 0.1 mg/kg oral
DC shock 4J/kg
0.15 mg/kg (max 10 mg)
IV or
Adrenaline 5 mL
Croup Midazolam intramuscular
1/1,000* nebulised
0.3 mg/kg (max 10 mg)
Intranasal/buccal
Seizure
Hypoglycaemia++ Glucose 10% 2 mL/kg IV
20 mg/kg
10–20 mL/kg IV Phenytoin
0.9% sodium IV infusion
Shock++ 10 mL/kg for neonates,
chloride**
DKA, trauma
Escalate via local Clinical Emergency Response System and NETS 1300 36 25 00 All IV drugs may be given intraosseous
Reference: + Australian Medications Handbook Children’s Dosing Companion ++ APLS 6th edition (2017)
Footnote: *different dose in infants **different dose in neonates

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Normal Vital Signs Resuscitation
(white zones)
ETT
Systolic ETT Size Urinary Gastric
Age Weight RR HR BP (c=cuffed)
length cath tube
(lips)

kg min min mmHg +/– 0.5 cm Fr Fr


mm
1 mth 4 30–55 110–160 60–100 3.5 10 6 8
3 mths 6 30–45 100–160 70–110 3.5c 11 6 10
6 mths 8 30–45 100–160 70–110 3.5c 12 6 10
12 mths 10 30–45 100–160 70–110 3.5c 13 8 10
2 yrs 12 20–40 90–140 90–110 4c 14 8 10
4 yrs 16 20–40 90–140 90–110 4.5c 15 10 10
6 yrs 20 20–30 80–120 90–110 5c 16 10 12
8 yrs 26 20–30 80–120 90–110 5.5c 17 12 12
10 yrs 32 20–30 80–120 90–110 6c 18 12 12
12 yrs 40 15–20 60–100 90–120 6.5c 19 14 12

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