How to give an emergency injection of Efcortesol®

By:  Nick Willson & Suzanne Curran   Friday, 19th. December 2003

In an emergency extra steroid medication may be needed via an emergency injection of hydrocortisone. This detailed one page illustrated instruction sheet provides step by step guidance on how to administer the injection.

Read the Efcortesol leaflet:	Detailed Efcortesol® injection illustrated instructions sheet		(126kbytes)
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Efcortesol® is a premixed solution of hydrocortisone injection 100mgs/ml.

This leaflet must be read in conjunction with any patient information leaflet provided by the manufacturer.

Based on an original leaflet published by Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust. Original made with assistance from Sovereign Medical, producers of Efcortesol®. Sovereign Medical had no editorial control over the contents of this leaflet. Produced with kind permission of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, by the ADSHG - December 2003.