Clinical Practice Guideline: Intranasal Medication Administration

• 2016

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• Stephen Stapleton; Anna Maria Valdez; Marylou Killian; Judith Bradford; Marsha Cooper; Annie Horigan

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This guideline describes how giving medicine through the nose (intranasal) can be a fast, safe, and painless way to help emergency patients when other methods are hard to use. It explains that medicines like fentanyl, ketamine, midazolam, naloxone, and others work well this way for pain relief or stopping seizures. It lists benefits such as quick action and easy use but also mentions some limits like nasal irritation. The guideline gives advice on which medicines are best used intranasally based on research in both adults and children.

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Focus Area: Everyday Emergency

Audiences: Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Analgesics, Opioid; Benzodiazepines; Diazepam; Hydromorphone; Drug Administration Routes; Emergency Medical Services; Fentanyl; Glucagon; Ketamine; Lorazepam; Midazolam; Morphine; Naloxone; Sufentanil

Institutions: Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)

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