Mixing IV Calcium Chloride and Sodium Bicarb - EMTprep.com

This video reviews why you should never mix these two medications in an IV line without first copiously flushing the line.

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[Big_Smoke_Dogg]

Decided to lookup these ingredients since it’s added in my “purified water” bottle.

[theobtuserecluse]

Glad to see videos still being added, if short

[raniabelva]

do you happen to know the compound name of the precipitate itself? is the precipitate calcium bicarbonate?

[beholder]

So if it cloggs the iv line what is it doing to our arterys? Is that the real artery clogger here?

[yadavsowjanya]

Calcium gluconate and magnesium sulphate mix what will happen

[Charlies_Factory]

So is the issue clogging the iv line or is precipitate itself toxic or both