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This website is intended for healthcare-professional education, simulation, source review, and discussion. It is not a medical service, patient-specific order set, prescribing system, monitoring system, or substitute for local protocols, medical direction, consultation, clinician judgment, or emergency care.

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Medication pages show static weight-based ranges and source links. They do not calculate a patient dose, select a medication, determine dosing weight, apply maximums to an individual patient, convert dose to volume, or account for age, pregnancy, allergies, organ dysfunction, obesity, interactions, contraindications, concentration, or local formulary. Users must independently verify all information before use.

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About this resource
Created by: Andrew Pirotte, MD; Kyle Brown, MD; Reba Hodge, MD; Amanda Vanderwerf, PharmD, BCEMP; Morgan Kimball, PharmD, BCEMP; Joshua Mohess Clinical review: Emergency medicine faculty review completed. Medication content reviewed by Amanda Vanderwerf, PharmD, BCEMP, and Morgan Kimball, PharmD, BCEMP. Last reviewed: 2026-07-23 Next scheduled review: 2027-01-23 Designed for: EM residents, emergency physicians, EMS clinicians, airway educators, and simulation faculty Important: Educational resource and cognitive-aid guide only; not a bedside order set or substitute for local protocol, medical direction, or clinical judgment. Website contact: [email protected]