The administration of medication within this list is to be carried out by a registered nurse who has been appropriately assessed and trained.
ECAT protocols are supported by The Use of Emergency Care Assessment and Treatment Protocols (PD2024_011).
For information on medication procurement, possession, storage, prescribing, dispensing, supplying, administering and recording of medicines, please refer to Medication Handling in NSW Public Health Facilities (PD2013_043).
If contraindications, precautions or interactions are present, escalate to medical or nurse practitioner.
Filter medication index
- Adrenaline (epinephrine)
- Amiodarone
- Antacid (Gastrogel)
- Aspirin
- Atropine
- Benzatropine mesilate
- Calcium gluconate gel
- Cefazolin
- Ceftriaxone
- Compound sodium lactate (Hartmann’s)
- Dexamethasone
- Diazepam
- Diphtheria, tetanus (ADT booster)
- Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (Boostrix)
- Fentanyl
- Flucloxacillin
- Fluorescein eye drops
- Furosemide (Frusemide)
- Gentamicin
- Glucagon
- Glucose (5%/10%/50%)
- Glyceryl trinitrate
- Hydrocortisone
- Ibuprofen
- Indometacin
- Ipratropium
- Ketorolac
- Laceraine gel
- Lidocaine (lignocaine) 1% or 2% with or without adrenaline
- Loratadine
- Meropenem
- Methoxyflurane
- Metoclopramide
- Midazolam
- Morphine
- Moxifloxacin
- Naloxone
- Olanzapine
- Ondansetron
- Oral rehydration solution (Hydralyte)
- Oxybuprocaine eye drops
- Oxycodone
- Pantoprazole
- Paracetamol
- Permethrin
- Piperacillin and tazobactam
- Prednisolone
- Prochlorperazine
- Salbutamol
- Sodium chloride 0.9%
- Sodium citrotartate (Ural)
- Tetracaine (amethocaine) hydrochloride 0.5% or 1% eye drops
- Thiamine
- Tranexamic acid
- Tranexamic acid solution
- Vancomycin