Emergency Drug Doses
Quick reference for emergency resuscitation drug dosing including epinephrine, atropine, amiodarone, and vasopressin.
kg
Atropine (peds)
0.02 mg/kg
Minimum dose 0.1 mg. Max single dose 0.5 mg child, 1 mg adolescent.
Epinephrine cardiac arrest (peds)
0.01 mg/kg
Max single dose 1 mg. Use 1:10,000 concentration for IV/IO.
Amiodarone (peds)
5 mg/kg
VF/pulseless VT. Max single dose 300 mg.
Dantrolene
2.5 mg/kg
Malignant hyperthermia. Repeat every 5 min as needed. Total max ~10 mg/kg.