As Australia’s population ages and more people take more medicines, Don’t Rush to Crush is the indispensable frontline resource to manage risk and ensure quality care for people with enteral feeding tubes or swallowing difficulties, in all healthcare settings.

When giving tablets, capsules or oral liquids to these patients, healthcare professionals need answers to these questions:

• Can I crush it?
• Can I disperse it?
• Can I open the capsule?
• Is this liquid medicine suitable for my patient?
• Can I give the injection orally?
• How do I give a dose that is less than a whole tablet or capsule?

The answers to these questions and more are available in Don’t Rush to Crush.

The 4th edition also includes new practical information

For people with dysphagia, the thickness of liquids, as well as the texture of food, is important for swallowing safety. Liquids, including liquid medicines must be of suitable thickness to slow their flow and reduce the risk of the liquid being inhaled into the lungs. In this latest edition, over 100 oral liquid medicines have been tested and classified according to the IDDSI Framework, providing an internationally recognised thickness classification. Don’t Rush to Crush is the first resource to test and publish the thickness of oral liquid medicines using the IDDSI Framework.

Unsure of how to use Don’t Rush to Crush?

Tune in to the free ‘Don’t Rush to Crush’ video How to use Don't Rush to Crush (4th Edition), customised for Australian healthcare settings and including handy hints and updates to help you get the most out of this frontline resource.

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