Provider 1

• Giving and/or Preparing
  • Request:
    • "Medication Check"

Provider 2

• Verifying
  • "Ready"

 

Provider 1

• "I am going to give..."
  • Drug name
  • Dose in weight
  • Route
  • Rate
  • Reason/Indication

 

Provider 2

• if concurrence on all 5, ask
  • "Are there contraindications?"

 

Provider 1

• State and discuss relative contraindications.
  • If none, state: "No contraindications"

 

Provider 2

• if concurrence, ask:
  • "What is your volume?" or "quantity" for pills/tablets

 

Provider  1

• State volume in mL
• State concentration
• Show container

 

Provider 2

• Only if positive identification and agreement on all, state:
  • "I agree; give it"

 

Adapted with permission from Wichita-Sedgwick County EMS Systems