The Role of Premedication
Question: What is the role of premedication?
Question: What is the role of premedication?
Answer: The role of premedication is to:
- Ensure that the child is calm and cooperates with induction
- Provide topical anaesthesia prior to cannulation
- Dry secretions
- Provide analgesia
- Prevent bradycardia
Explanation and reassurance about what to expect is the best pre-medication. Most children do not require premedication drugs
Question: What do children find particularly upsetting about coming to the operating theatre?
Question: What is the role of premedication?
Answer: The role of premedication is to:
- Ensure that the child is calm and cooperates with induction
- Provide topical anaesthesia prior to cannulation
- Dry secretions
- Provide analgesia
- Prevent bradycardia
Explanation and reassurance about what to expect is the best pre-medication. Most children do not require premedication drugs
Question: What do children find particularly upsetting about coming to the operating theatre?
Answer: The child may need to be reassured about the following anxieties:
- Prolonged starvation
- Needles
- Strange environment, separation from parents
- Not waking up
- Waking up in the middle of the operation
- Pain after the operation