INDICATIONS:

 

• Overdose (calcium channel blocker)
• Magnesium Sulfate drip toxicity
• Certain types of arrest
• Known Hypocalcemia or hypokalemia

 

DOSAGE:

 

• ADULT:

• • 10-20 ml IV/IO slow administration

 

• PEDIATRIC:

• • 50 - 100 mg/kg IV/IO slow administration

 

CONTRAINDICATIONS:

 

• Use with extreme caution in patients taking digitalis

 

SIDE EFFECTS:

 

• Hypotension
• Bradycardia
• Arrhythmia
• Cardiac arrest
• Chalky or metallic taste
• Feeling that a "wave of heat" is passing through the body