dilaudid adminitrationBy s davis from virginia on May 04, 2007 Category: Dilaudid (Injection) I am an Emergency room nurse, the past month I have received orders for Dilaudid for pain management, on 2 separate occassions I have administered it and the patients have respiratory arrested requiring narcan administration for reversal. Both accounts neither patients had any allergies nor took any medicine that would interact. The order was for 1mg dilaudid on both patients, it was administered slow via established iv s. and vital signs were stable prior to administration. The occurences were with in 15 minutes of administration. Can you give me any insight? I have never had this happen before and would appreciate any observations. |
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