There are a number of situations where the use of a 20mL flush syringe is recommended

  • After a blood draw from an indwelling intravenous catheter

  • Post infusion of viscous solutions like TPN (total parenteral nutrition), blood products or contrast media

  • As a chaser for emergency Resuscitation drugs such as adenosine, epinephrine, atropine, magnesium sulfate, sodium bicarbonate, dopamine, amiodarone, lidocaine, and procainamide

From the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care :

‘If a resuscitation drug is administered by a peripheral venous route, it should be administered by bolus injection and followed with a 20-mL bolus of IV fluid (which in almost all cases would be normal saline) to facilitate the drug flow from the extremity into the central circulation’

There are a number of situations where the use of a 20mL flush syringe is recommended

  • After a blood draw from an indwelling intravenous catheter

  • Post infusion of viscous solutions like TPN (total parenteral nutrition), blood products or contrast media

  • As a chaser for emergency Resuscitation drugs such as adenosine, epinephrine, atropine, magnesium sulfate, sodium bicarbonate, dopamine, amiodarone, lidocaine, and procainamide

From the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care :

‘If a resuscitation drug is administered by a peripheral venous route, it should be administered by bolus injection and followed with a 20-mL bolus of IV fluid (which in almost all cases would be normal saline) to facilitate the drug flow from the extremity into the central circulation’

There are a number of situations where the use of a 20mL flush syringe is recommended

  • After a blood draw from an indwelling intravenous catheter

  • Post infusion of viscous solutions like TPN (total parenteral nutrition), blood products or contrast media

  • As a chaser for emergency Resuscitation drugs such as adenosine, epinephrine, atropine, magnesium sulfate, sodium bicarbonate, dopamine, amiodarone, lidocaine, and procainamide

From the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care :

‘If a resuscitation drug is administered by a peripheral venous route, it should be administered by bolus injection and followed with a 20-mL bolus of IV fluid (which in almost all cases would be normal saline) to facilitate the drug flow from the extremity into the central circulation’