ok pediatrics is a different story,you might be right there as I have little experience in that field. Regardless, giving rectal benzos to an actively seizing patient is terrible practice as IM/IV injection is much quicker--both in administration and in onset. And giving a patient with swallowing difficulties a liquid instead of a pill is a great way to have them aspirate it.
You speak as if you are a medical professional but your knowledge of current best practices is lacking. Are you a student or intern or something?
Apparently you’re not very experienced in emergency medicine. 25 years here.
Also managed a primary care office for years.
Difficulty swallowing pills does not mean unconscious. Read what I wrote again. Small kids and mentally challenged people often do better with liquids, not much risk of aspiration. Any CVS pharmacist will tell you the same.
I have literally treated hundreds of actively seizing patients. Maybe over a thousand. Guaranteed more than you. There are countless situations when starting an IV is impossible and sticking an IM is unsafe. And in the living room of my parents house where zero people are trained to inject anything pushing a med rectally is quite safe and effective.
I don’t care if you’re a doctor, most are idiots and you sound like a pretentious prick.
