sleepy drugsby cma (no login)Be careful. Sleepy drugs can be respiratory arrest drugs. I frequently see patients stop breathing and become obtunded with a small amount of versed. These patients are generally old. But, younger patients who are opiate naive may very well have an exxagerated response. If you want to give IV drugs, then you better be able to intubate, ventilate, and resuscitate. Podiatrists are prohibited from administering general anesthesia. The same drugs you may want to give for sedation may very well comprise a general anesthetic in correct doses. For instance, a general for a heart bypass may consist of 60mg Morphine and 40mg Versed. If you gave 2mg of Versed IV. and your patient arrested and became hypoxic and suffered an injury, then I believe you would be deep poopoo. I would testify that your use of versed constituted a general anesthetic. from IP address 209.183.88.80 Goto Forum Home |
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