Safe Medication Dosing
This section include reference cards, presentations, and research on safe medication dosing.
(Last updated: December 19, 2025)
This section include reference cards, presentations, and research on safe medication dosing.
(Last updated: December 19, 2025)
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Medication Dosing Safety for Pediatric Patients: Recognizing Gaps, Safety Threats, and Best Practices in the Emergency Medical Services Setting. A Position Statement and Resource Document from NAEMSP. (2020)
Background: Millions of patients receive medications in the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) setting annually, and dosing safety is critically important. The need for weight-based dosing in pediatric patients and variability in medication concentrations available in the EMS setting may require EMS providers to perform complex calculations to derive the appropriate dose to deliver. These factors can significantly increase the risk for harm when dose calculations are inaccurate or incorrect.
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Most EMS providers have witnessed or been involved with a medication error attributable to poor system design and lack of safety behaviors. Read this article to learn more about how to prevent errors.