In my hospital (and the system it is part of) Brevital, pentothal, and propofol were all short at the same time. We now have propofol, but still no brevital or pentothal. And, our shortage now extends to midaz, fentanyl, Dilaudid, and morphine. It’s crazy.
Recently we had ZERO supply of THAM for our liver transplants. I was told to use sodium bicarb. Well, that’s nice but what do you do when the patient’s sodium is 150?? THERE’S A REASON WE USE THAM IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!! Stupid beaurocrats!!!