Drugs for the doctor's bag revisited.
The choice of drugs to include in the GP's bag depends on the medical conditions likely to be met, the shelf-life of the products and their costs, the availability of ambulance paramedic cover and the proximity of the nearest hospital. Here, we update previous advice and suggest a list of medicines that GPs may wish to take with them on home visits for use in an emergency or other acute treatment. We include paediatric doses where appropriate and, whenever a medicine is first mentioned, our suggested formulation is given italicised and in brackets. We also enclose with this issue a card summarising parenteral doses of drugs for medical emergencies, which includes a table of mean weight for age.
D004356:Drug Storage / Q000379:methods; D004358:Drug Therapy; D004630:Emergencies; D005194:Family Practice; D005569:Formularies as Topic; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans