Analysis of an Intervention for Emergency Medical Services Personnel to Reduce Epinephrine Dosing Errors in Infants

Matt Hansen; Grace Walker-Stevenson; Carl Eriksson; Garth Meckler; Tabria Harrod; Nathan Bahr; Jeanne-Marie Guise

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.7645

Analysis of an Intervention for Emergency Medical Services Personnel to Reduce Epinephrine Dosing Errors in Infants

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Apr 1;5(4):e227645. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.7645.

Authors

Matt Hansen¹, Grace Walker-Stevenson², Carl Eriksson³, Garth Meckler^{2

4}, Tabria Harrod², Nathan Bahr², Jeanne-Marie Guise²

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland.
⁴ Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Abstract

This quality improvement study investigates whether a simulation-driven emergency medical services protocol of using a 1-mL syringe to administer small epinephrine doses could reduce dosing errors in infants.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Emergency Medical Services*
Epinephrine* / therapeutic use
Humans
Infant

Substances

Epinephrine

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding