-Consider Amiodarone or Esmolol as the drug of choice for rate control in the crashing patient with a-fib. References/Further Reading: Fuster V
Continue with CPR for 2 minutes. Consider giving the patient an antiarrhythmic drug such as amiodarone for refractory v-fib or pulseless v-tach, and treat
Amiodarone Indications. Pulseless VT; Ventricular Fibrillation (V-Fib) Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; Recurrent Hemodynamically; Unstable Ventricular Tachycardia; Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias; Amiodarone Dosage. For VT / V-Fib: 300 mg IV/IO. May administer additional 150 mg following initial dose if VF/pVT persists after 3-5 minutes.
Amiodarone. Contents. 1 General; 2 Adult Dosing. 2.1 V-fib Hyperpigmentation rash. Amiodarone hyperpigmentation.jpg. Pharmacology.
The team is preparing to administer amiodarone IV.1. How does amiodarone stop v-fib?2. What are the nursing considerations for this patient
-Consider Amiodarone or Esmolol as the drug of choice for rate control in the crashing patient with a-fib. References/Further Reading: Fuster V
Amiodarone. Contents. 1 General; 2 Adult Dosing. 2.1 V-fib/pulseless V Bradycardia; Hypotension with older solvent-based formulation
Continue with CPR for 2 minutes. Consider giving the patient an antiarrhythmic drug such as amiodarone for refractory v-fib or pulseless v-tach, and treat
Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic drug used to treat V-Fib or pulseless VT unresponsive to shock delivery, CPR, and a vasopressor.
(PS. Semantics perhaps...pulseless V-fib-- V-fib is by its very nature pulseless)