Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic drug used to treat V-Fib or pulseless VT unresponsive to shock delivery, CPR, and a vasopressor.
Lidocaine. This drug is usually used for V-fib or V-tach as It should be given rapidly for the first dose, and a second dose may follow.
ventricular fibrillation is more likely to convert after defibrillation than fine v-fib. Fine v-fib is sometimes mistaken for asystole. As the treatments
-Consider Amiodarone or Esmolol as the drug of choice for rate control in the crashing patient with a-fib. References/Further Reading: Fuster V
-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
RELATIVE. Ventricular Fibrillation (V-Fib)/pulseless Ventricular. Tachycardia (V-Tach). Hemodynamically unstable Ventricular-Tach with a pulse. With medical
Amiodarone is the preferred medication for heart arrhythmias, including pulseless V-Tach, V-Fib and tachycardia. It is usually given in a dose
-Consider Amiodarone or Esmolol as the drug of choice for rate control in the crashing patient with a-fib. References/Further Reading: Fuster V
(PS. Semantics perhaps...pulseless V-fib-- V-fib is by its very nature pulseless)