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MAKE YOUR OWN
Sometimes you can’t wait for pharmacy, or they may not be available and you just need that phenylephrine fast. Here’s how to do it.
Watch this video from EMCrit. A simple but highly valuable video from none other than Scott Weingart MD
Instructions
- Draw 1 ml (10mg) from a phenylephrine 10 mg/ ml vial
- Inject into 100 cc bag of normal saline
- Shake thoroughly, then draw 10cc from the bag into an empty syringe.
- Label syringe. Now each 1 ml contains 100 mcg of phenylephrine
Dosing
- 0.5-2 ml (50-200 mcg) every 2-5 minutes PRN hypotension
- Duration 10-20 minutes
- Onset < 1 minute
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