No, probably not. There are standards in place in an effort to prevent such errors -- e.g., writing 1.5 mcg or 15 mcg or 0.15 mcg.
A dose of 1 mcg/kg is not really a high dose, although you may want to max the initial dose at, say, 100 mcg. You should probably have naloxone available if you're administering fentanyl -- or at least something to help ventilate the patient if they stop breathing. Hopefully someone notices.
Thanks for the info. I don’t know much about fentanyl, drug measurements, and proper dosing. Don’t let me administer it to anyone. LOL!
I don’t know anything about anesthesia except the first time I had it, I was out for hours, Woke up surrounded by nurses calling my name and slapping me gently to wake me up. They told me they’d never seen anyone respond that way to anesthesia. I hadn’t had much.
Before subsequent surgeries with different docs, I told them to give me as little as possible. If I woke up during procedure, I’d lift my forefinger and wave it around. Happened a couple of times and nurses caught it. No harm, no foul.
Fortunately, I’m a surgeon’s worst customer. Healthy as can be at 89. My MD said I’m the healthiest personmy age he’s ever seen. Only my vision sux, still does after recent corneal transplant. Grrrrrrrrr!!!