Paediatric Vital Signs and Resuscitation Drugs
This is an absolute MUST HAVE for any clinicians who may work with children. This card features a simple table listing the normal vital signs for paediatrics from preterm neonate to 12 years old.
The other side features resuscitation drugs listed in mg/kg doses, and mL doses according to age and estimated weight. This information is critical in a high stress resuscitation situation as it breaks it down as simple as possible - no trying to do mental calculations while managing an airway!
As with all Lanyard Pearls cards, information is to be double-checked before use and is intended as a memory aide for trained professionals only.
Specifications
All cards are printed on superior quality PVC cards with a professional card printer. The cards are durable 1mm thick credit card size (CR80). They are fade resistant, water proof and can even be sanitised by light cleaning with an alcohol swab - perfect for those times when you forget to remove your lanyard during a PR exam!
Further Reading:
Frank Shann's Drug Doses - A must for everyone working with paeds
Resuscitation Drugs adapted from RCH Paediatric Pharmacopoeia
Vital Signs Data adapted from Kliegman: Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 19th ed (Elsevier)
Royal Children's Hospital (Melbourne) - Section on Paediatric Trauma
Last updated 5/7/13
