Emergency medical services system changes reduce pediatric epinephrine dosing errors in the prehospital setting.

Amy H Kaji; Marianne Gausche-Hill; Heather Conrad; Kelly D Young; William J Koenig; Erin Dorsey; Roger J Lewis

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Emergency medical services system changes reduce pediatric epinephrine dosing errors in the prehospital setting.

October 25, 2006

Kaji AH, Gausche-Hill M, Conrad H, et al. Pediatrics. 2006;118(4):1493-1500.

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The authors looked at the incidence of pediatric epinephrine dosing errors before and after implementation of a program requiring paramedics to use the Broselow tape to calculate dosage. They found that the program reduced dosing errors.

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