How to draw up tricky medications!

Watch this before your first anaesthesia rotation!
NB: Skip to 1:44 for tips on drawing up cefazolin and propofol.

I go through the subtle techniques I wish I knew on how to draw up anaesthesia medications.



Also I often get asked with diluent or solution to use for each medication.

First, check your local guidelines for the latest protocols and procedures!
But here are a few general rules:

Antibiotics: Generally use water for injection and it is easier to dissolve antibiotics in this. This will become obvious when trying to dissolve timentin and vancomycin.

For most other medications, use normal saline. This decreasing the chance of precipitation.

For most inotropes (adrenaline, noradrenaline), use 5% dextrose.


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