Improving Premedication For Non Emergent Intubation In The Neonatal Unit: A Quality Improvement Project

Background: Neonatal intubation is one of the most common painful procedures performed in the unit and is associated with significant physiologic changes. A recent national survey showed only 43.6% of national fellowship programs use premedication. A review of current premedication rates in our NICU, a 174 bed quaternary care center, showed medications were being given in only 20% of all possible events and practice among choice of …