In patients with severe symptoms or who are rapidly deteriorating, use an autoinjector if drawing up the dose will cause a significant delay. There are three available autoinjector strengths: 0.1 mg (Auvi-q), 0.15 mg (EpiPen Jr, others), 0.3 mg (EpiPen, others) | ||
Weight | Preferred | Alternative |
<10 kg (infants) | Draw up 0.01 mg/kg (0.01 mL/kg of epinephrine 1 mg/mL) | 0.1 mg autoinjector If not available, 0.15 mg autoinjector may be givenOR draw up 0.1 mg (0.1 mL of epinephrine 1 mg/mL) |
10 to 25 kg (infants and children) | 0.15 mg autoinjector | Draw up 0.15 mg (0.15 mL of epinephrine 1 mg/mL) |
>25 to 50 kg | 0.3 mg autoinjector | Draw up 0.3 mg (0.3 mL of epinephrine 1 mg/mL) |
>50 kg | Draw up 0.5 mg (0.5 mL of epinephrine 1 mg/mL) | 0.3 mg autoinjector |
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