Pediatric fluid administration

1. Pediatric Fluid
Administration
With the Use of a 3-way Stopcock

2. When would
we give a fluid
bolus to a
Pediatric
Patient?
 Diabetic Emergencies, Hyper or Hypoglycemia
 Trauma
 Heatstroke
 Etc

3. Pediatric
Diabetic
Emergencies
Protocol

4. How can we
precisely give a
fluid bolus?
 Gravity drip? - Inaccurate
 Syringe? - Cumbersome to switch back and forth

5. Introducing….
The 3-Way
Stopcock!

7. Step #1

8. Step #2

9. Step #3

10. Step #4

11. ItsTHAT Easy!!

12. Got that?
 So, the next time you find yourself needing to give a Pediatric
Fluid bolus, reach for this new gizmo, it lives in the Med Box.
 When will we use it? Pediatric Hypoglycemic Emergencies most
likely, where we will give D10 IV per length based resuscitation
tape. We can also use it for plain old Normal Saline too!