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Special Outpatient Surgery Edition - Anesthesia - July 2019

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initial 2.5 mg/kg dose can be administered with a single vial. "Ryanodex can be reconstituted more quickly and with a smaller volume of sterile water," says Dr. Hamlin. "The active medication is exactly the same as the other drugs, which require quite a bit of elbow grease to ready for administration." Colleen Bradley, BSN, RN, CNOR, a surgical services staff nurse at UNC REX Healthcare in Raleigh, N.C., agrees that Dantrium and Revento can be challenging and time-consuming to prepare, and that Ryanodex is easier to reconstitute. But you have to decide if it makes sense to pay more for a drug that takes less time to administer in an emergency situation that, in all likelihood, you won't face before it expires. There's no right answer. (MHAUS does not endorse one for- mulation over the other.) In fact, UNC REX stocks both formulations. The care team treats patients with Ryanodex during the onset of an MH crisis and, once J U L Y 2 0 1 9 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y. N E T • 3 7 • TEAM LEADER Colleen Bradley, BSN, RN, CNOR, led efforts to improve MH response protocols at UNC REX Healthcare in Raleigh, N.C.. Jonathan Rodriguez/UNC REX Healthcare

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