DOSING TOOLS

Objectives

Mr. Martin arrived at your facility's Emergency Department complaining of chest pain and has been admitted for monitoring and tests. It is standard practice at your facility to have dosages of all Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) drugs available for each patient with a history of known or suspected heart disease.

How would you gather this information quickly and efficiently?

The Micromedex^® Healthcare Series has calculators readily available that provide ACLS and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) dosing information. With a few mouse clicks, you will have all the information you need for Mr. Martin's patient chart.

Using this scenario, you will learn how to:

• Access the Dosing Tools module of the Micromedex Healthcare Series.
• Identify the location of Emergency Drug Dosing calculators.
• Enter patient data to customize a report and prepare it for printing.

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