Settings: Concentration: The amount of the drug per ml of the solution. Total amount: 30 ml for IV pumps and ml for epidural pumps.
Loading dose: The dose given in frequent intervals to load the receptors and decrease severe dau. Opioid tolerant patients will obviously need more. Individual titration is essential. This obviates the need to call the nurse each time.
For example morphine 2 mg. Opioid tolerant patients and patients in severe pain with movement dynamic pain or incidental pain may need more. Lockout interval: The time interval before the pump can provide the next dose.
It is a safety feature. If the pain is not well controlled then the lockout interval may be decreased.
Basal rate: Basal rate is the amount of drug given as a continuous infusion and is set per hour. Basal rate is useful in opioid tolerant patients, patients with severe rest pain and for nighttime analgesia. Obviously monitoring is essential to detect respiratory depression.
The limit means that the pump can provide only the amount set within the time frame. The amount includes both the basal rate and the demand doses.
Loading dose: The dose given in frequent intervals to load the receptors and decrease severe pain. Opioid tolerant patients will obviously need more.
Individual titration is essential. This obviates the need to call the nurse each time. For example morphine 2 mg. Opioid tolerant patients and patients in severe pain with movement dynamic pain or incidental pain may need more.
Lockout interval: The time interval before the pump can provide the next dose. It is a safety feature.
If the pain is not well controlled then the lockout interval may be decreased. Basal rate: Basal rate is the amount of drug given as a continuous infusion and is set per hour.
Basal rate is useful in opioid tolerant patients, patients with severe rest pain and for nighttime analgesia. Obviously monitoring is essential to detect respiratory depression.
The limit means that the pump can provide only the amount set within the time frame. The amount includes both the basal rate and the demand doses. The limit may be set lower for patients with multiple co-morbid conditions and set higher for opioid tolerant patients.
This is again a safety feature and needs to be titrated on an individual basis and frequent re-assessments.