ROC ALPS – Drugs no help in cardiac arrest
Short Attention Span Summary Neither amiodarone nor lidocaine made an impact on survival or neurological outcome for out-of-hospital arrest due to shock-refractory v-fib or pulseless v-tach. In witnessed arrest, patients who received active drug had improved survival. My take is that I don’t plan to stop using antiarrhythmic agents for patients with v-fib or v-tach …