midazolam (Versed)

• contraindications:
  • known allergy
  • acute narrow angle glaucoma

• dosing:
  • 1.0-2.0 mg loading dose
  • can give 0.5 mg incremental doses after 2 minutes
  • end point of sedation is slurred speech
  • total dose of not more than 5-6 mg

• institute continuous cardiac monitoring & pulse oximetry

© 2002, C.E. Kahn, Jr.
2002-04-18