Defibrillator Epinephrine Life Support 
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
JANUARY 13, 2024
On your arrival, first responders from the fire department are performing high-quality basic cardiac life support. You continue with compressions and defibrillations and your partner places an advanced airway. The patient is a 54-year-old man who collapsed in front of his family after complaining of chest pain for several hours.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
DECEMBER 7, 2018
A Randomized Trial of Epinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. A Randomized Trial of Epinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. A cardiac defibrillator is hooked up and the patient is in ventricular fibrillation. Date: December 6th , 2018 Reference: Perkins et al. Date: December 6th , 2018 Reference: Perkins et al.
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EMDocs
JANUARY 8, 2024
Vasopressor medications during cardiac arrest We recommend that epinephrine be administered for patients in cardiac arrest. It is reasonable to administer epinephrine 1 mg every 3 to 5 minutes for cardiac arrest. High-dose epinephrine is not recommended for routine use in cardiac arrest. COR 1, LOE B-R. COR 2a, LOE B-R.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
Prehospital advanced cardiac life support for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a cohort study. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine and the associate editor for emergency medicine simulation at the […] The post SGEM#189: Bring Me To Life in OHCA first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.
Peter Canning
JANUARY 14, 2024
I recerted CPR, ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) and PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) late in December. For all the fancy changes over the year, the bottom line has always been to provide good CPR compressions and timely defibrillation. AEMTs may administer epinephrine IV in cardiac arrest.*
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
SEPTEMBER 29, 2018
EMS arrives on scene and initiates high quality basic life support (BLS). One defibrillation for ventricular fibrillation (VF) is provided but the patient remains in VF. As part of their protocol, they attempt vascular access to administer epinephrine and an antidysrhythmic.
EMDocs
JANUARY 16, 2024
The patient received 1 mg of epinephrine IV x2 with conversion of his rhythm to ventricular fibrillation (VF) for which he was defibrillated twice in the field. The patient is moved over to the stretcher and connected to the monitors and defibrillator. What would your next steps be? doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001518
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