Individual Agents

Figs 1 to 4 show how these commonly-used induction agents are presented: their packaging, what the ampoules look like and how they appear when drawn up ready to use:

Propofol (Fig 1)
Propofol with lidocaine added to the syringe (Fig 2)
Thiopental (Fig 3)
Etomidate (Fig 4)

Fig 1 Propofol, ampoule and 20 ml syringe with just propofol

Fig 2 Propofol with lidocaine, ampoule with lidocaine and 20 ml syringe with correct label

Fig 3 Thiopental with vial, ampoule of water for mixing and 20 ml syringe correctly labelled

Fig 4 Etomidate ampoule and 10 ml syringe correctly labelled