BLS DRUGS --- KNOW YOUR NEW YORK STATE PROTOCOLS!

The “Five Rights” are:

1. Right Medication

- Is this the medication the provider ordered?

2. Right Dose

- How may milliliters, tablets, or does are to given?

3. Right Time

- What time of day should the medication be taken?

4. Right Route

- Should the medication be given by mouth, via feeding tube, or is it an injectable medication?

5. Right Patient

- Is the medication for this patient or is it for someone else?

Medication errors are frequently the result of failing to check these “Five Rights”. Giving medications is an act that needs to be done carefully and taken seriously.

REMEMBER THE 6th one - right DOCUMENTATION - document when med was given, pts vitals, and any trending