Juan Sanchez is a 3-year-old male who was brought to the ED by his mother, when he awoke crying about a sore throat and pain with swallowing. She reports that his rectal temperature was 103F. The child is irritable, pale, drooling, has suprasternal retractions and insists on sitting in the tripod position. He weighs 35 lbs.

A) What further information needs to be obtained from the mother?

B) The health care provider prescribes: Ceftriaxone sodium 500 mg. IV every 12 hrs. What is the action of this medication? Using your medication book, determine if this a safe dose for this child?