Neonatal Epinephrine Dosing
Problem: Epinephrine is currently packaged and sold exclusively for adult use, requiring nurses to manually calculate and administer adjusted doses for pediatric patients in high-pressure, life-saving situations. This process involves multiple steps, and the lack of routine practice often leads to errors or delays in dosing, which can jeopardize patient outcomes.
Solution: We developed a novel way to package epinephrine for neonates to ELIMINATE dose prep time.
Stanford Medicine | Palo Alto, CA | Stanford Medicine-Funded | 2020
During simulated neonatal resuscitation, epinephrine preparation and administration are faster using novel prefilled epinephrine syringes, which may hasten return of spontaneous circulation and be lifesaving for bradycardic neonates in clinical practice.
PI: Neonatologist William Rhine, MD
Design Team: Jules P Sherman, MFA, Janene Fuerch, MD, William Rhine, MD
Current epinephrine dosing time for neonates takes too long. Best case scenario is 1 full minute.
