dahlio Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Good call Wendy, seems like you have a lot of experience with these kinds of situations. Showed me more factors then I originally thought. Thanks again Wendy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Plain Ruff Posted February 21, 2008 Share Posted February 21, 2008 Lets Say a "normal" 10 year old, new crossover in good physical shape Given our off-line direction we can give the drug then and their, If I am sending the kid off to the ER in our van, I am giving him 1000mg of acetaminophen (the is the pain med listed in our protocols) I might consider asking for Ibuprofen depending on the amount of swelling. Congratulations - you just overdosed your child with twice the dosage of tylenol. According to this website http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/apap_ids.htm the dosage of tylenol for a 10 year old is 400mgs. How are you going to explain this overdosage to the physician? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomeViking09 Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 The dose is based on our current off-line protocol (approved and written by a doctor) for burn PTs, I do not know if their is other data the medical director has supporting his directions or if it is an oversight on his part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doczilla Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Tylenol dose in children is 10-15 mg/kg body weight q4h. For the average 10 year old, that runs about 400-600 mg. A single toxic dose would be on the order of 140 mg/kg, or 5600 mg. 'zilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentoli Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Doc, Would the extra 400-600mg for this 10 year old have a significant effect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doczilla Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 In a single dose, no. 'zilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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