Amy receives epinephrine Adrenalin in the emergency room for

Amy receives epinephrine (Adrenalin) in the emergency room for a severe asthma attack. Health care personnel should have the following information. All of the following doses of Adrenalin are appropriate EXCEPT

Question 4 options: 1) 0.4 ml IM 2) 0.3 ml SQ 3) 5 ml SC 4) 1 ml IV Save

Solution

3)5 ml SC

This dose is not safe. It is safe in the range 0.2-1 ml SC.

Thus , the dose 5ml SC is very high in comparison to other dosages. Overdosage may result in the extremely elevated arterial pressure that may cerebral hemorrhage or myocardial ischaemia, infarction etc.