Medications to Be Used in the ED for the Care of Children
| Analgesics (oral, intranasal, and parenteral) |
| Anesthetics and/or topical (eg, eutectic mixture of local anesthetics; lidocaine 2.5% and prilocaine 2.5%; lidocaine, epinephrine, and tetracaine; and LMX 4 [4% lidocaine]) |
| Anticonvulsants (eg, levetiracetam, valproate, carbamazepine, fosphenytoin, and phenobarbital) |
| Antidotes (common antidotes should be accessible to the ED)a |
| Antiemetics (eg, ondansetron and prochlorperazine) |
| Antihypertensives (eg, labetalol, nicardipine, and sodium nitroprusside) |
| Antimicrobials (parenteral and oral) |
| Antipsychotics (eg, olanzapine and haloperidol) |
| Antipyretics (eg, acetaminophen and ibuprofen) |
| Benzodiazepines (eg, midazolam and lorazepam) |
| Bronchodilators |
| Corticosteroids (eg, dexamethasone, methylprednisolone, and hydrocortisone) |
| Dextrose (D10W) |
| Diphenhydramine |
| Furosemide |
| Glucagon |
| Insulin |
| Lidocaine |
| Magnesium sulfate |
| Mannitol |
| Naloxone hydrochloride |
| Neuromuscular blockers (eg, rocuronium and succinylcholine) |
| Oral glucose |
| Sucrose solutions for pain control in infants |
| Sedation medications (eg, etomidate and ketamine) |
| Vaccines |
| 3% hypertonic saline |
| Analgesics (oral, intranasal, and parenteral) |
| Anesthetics and/or topical (eg, eutectic mixture of local anesthetics; lidocaine 2.5% and prilocaine 2.5%; lidocaine, epinephrine, and tetracaine; and LMX 4 [4% lidocaine]) |
| Anticonvulsants (eg, levetiracetam, valproate, carbamazepine, fosphenytoin, and phenobarbital) |
| Antidotes (common antidotes should be accessible to the ED)a |
| Antiemetics (eg, ondansetron and prochlorperazine) |
| Antihypertensives (eg, labetalol, nicardipine, and sodium nitroprusside) |
| Antimicrobials (parenteral and oral) |
| Antipsychotics (eg, olanzapine and haloperidol) |
| Antipyretics (eg, acetaminophen and ibuprofen) |
| Benzodiazepines (eg, midazolam and lorazepam) |
| Bronchodilators |
| Corticosteroids (eg, dexamethasone, methylprednisolone, and hydrocortisone) |
| Dextrose (D10W) |
| Diphenhydramine |
| Furosemide |
| Glucagon |
| Insulin |
| Lidocaine |
| Magnesium sulfate |
| Mannitol |
| Naloxone hydrochloride |
| Neuromuscular blockers (eg, rocuronium and succinylcholine) |
| Oral glucose |
| Sucrose solutions for pain control in infants |
| Sedation medications (eg, etomidate and ketamine) |
| Vaccines |
| 3% hypertonic saline |
D10W, dextrose 10% in water.
For less frequently used antidotes, a procedure for obtaining them should be in place.