What is the most current Broselow Tape?
The latest version of the Broselow-Luten tape now incorporates a color and weight chart that includes age. So, if the age or weight of the child is known, preparations can begin before arriving on scene. Resuscitation and ratios go hand in hand.
What is in a broselow cart?
During an emergency, the Broselow Pediatric Emergency Tape is used to measure the patient’s height, and the appropriate color-coded drawer is then opened. Each drawer contains all the equipment necessary for airway management and intravascular access to resuscitate a patient in that specific length/ weight range.
What is the Handtevy system?
Handtevy is a pediatric resuscitation system proven to save lives and reduce errors. The Handtevy Pediatric System is the leading platform designed to give clinical teams rapid access to lifesaving dosing, equipment and drip information while documenting every critical action accurately.
How long is the Broselow Tape?
The Broselow™ Tape is calibrated for pediatric patients between 46 cm and 146.5 cm in length, which correspond to a weight range of 3 kg to 34 kg. The tape is divided into nine color zones with precalculated drug doses, fluid volumes, and equipment sizes for each zone.
Is there a 2021 Broselow Tape?
NEW! Revised for 2021 to include 2020 PALS protocols! A color-coded synthetic pediatric emergency tape with emergency med dosing. Zones are compatible with the Broselow Tape®.
Does Broselow Tape have vital signs?
Vital signs are taken including the child’s color zone using the Broselow™ Pediatric Emergency Tape. This particular patient’s heels are adjacent with this area on the tape (marked in the following illustration with a line) [Figure 14].
What is a pediatric crash cart?
What is in a crash cart?
- Alcohol swabs.
- Amiodarone 150 mg/3ml vial.
- Atropine 1mg/10 ml syringe.
- Sodium bicarbonate 50mEq/50 ml syringe.
- Calcium chloride 1gm/10 ml syringe.
- Sodium chloride 0.9% 10 ml vial Inj. 20 ml vial.
- Dextrose 50% 0.5 mg/ml 50 ml syringe.
- Dopamine 400 mg/250 ml IV bag.
How much does Handtevy cost?
Handtevy Pediatric Pre-hospital Instructor Courses are held at select locations throughout the country. The CAPCE approved 8-hour course costs $299.00 and provides a 2-year certification.
What year is the most current Broselow Tape?
2019
The 2019 version of the Broselow Reference Tape will be compliant with the most current PALS Standards and will include the following: Pre-calculated doses in milligrams, as well as all doses in pre-calculated ml, making the entire process error free by removing the need for any calculations.
What year is the most current broselow tape?
Does broselow tape have vital signs?
What is Broselow® Tape?
The Orginally Developed Pediatric Emergency Tape. When time and accuracy are crucial during a pediatric emergency situation, turn to the Broselow® System which is designed with children’s care and procedural accuracy in mind.
What is the Broselow pediatric emergency system?
All contained in a heavy-duty ALS equipment organizer. The Broselow Pediatric Emergency System is approved for the PALS education program. For children 3 to 36 kg. Broselow products are exclusive to Armstrong Medical.
Are the Broselow™ measurements accurate?
Finally, despite the fact that this study (along with others) demonstrated some inaccuracy of the Broselow™ measurements for certain groups of children, there is no evidence that the small differences in drug doses has any negative effect on the children’s clinical condition.
How accurate is the Broselow™ pediatric emergency tape in estimating pediatric weight?
Researchers in West Virginia sought to determine the accuracy of the Broselow™ Pediatric Emergency Tape in estimating pediatric weight (Knight et al., 2011). The Broselow™ Tape is calibrated for pediatric patients between 46 cm and 146.5 cm in length, which correspond to a weight range of 3 kg to 34 kg.