Medication 7-440 - Normal Saline (NS, Sodium Chloride)
Polk, Hickory, Cedar, & St Clair EMS Protocols
Scope of Practice:
- Emergency Medical Responder
- Emergency Medical Technician
- Advanced Emergency Medical Technician
- Registered Nurse
- Paramedic
Route(s):
Pharmacodynamics (class and mechanism of action):
Pharmacokinetics:
- Half-life: NA.
- Onset time: NA.
- Peak action time: NA.
- Duration of action: NA.
Peak | 1 | minutes |
Duration | 1 | minutes |
Dosing:
- Refer to specific protocol(s) below for dose(s).
Indications:
- Virtually all protocols for IV access and irrigation.
Contraindications:
Pregnancy Risk Factor:
- No Category
- FDA has not yet classified the drug into a specified pregnancy category.
Potential Incompatibilities:
Precautions and Adverse Effects:
Antidote:
Controlled Substance Information:
- Not a scheduled drug
- The DEA and FDA have not identified this drug with a schedule classification.
- DEA number: NA.
- Narcotic: No.
- Street names: NA.
Change Log:
Date | Link topreviousversion | Description of change |
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12/20/13 | pdf | Added EMT scope of practice statement. |
05/16/20 | pdf | Added content (without substantive modification) from old Protocol 7-440 - Normal Saline. |
06/11/21 | pdf | Moved to emsprotocols.online |
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