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yep. epi epi epi
And you base this on what?
Have either of you or Alex Egan read the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care? Part 7: Adult Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support includes the updated 2015 recommendation regarding epinephrine use in cardiac arrest:
Standard-dose epinephrine (1 mg every 3 to 5 minutes) may be reasonable for patients in cardiac arrest (Class IIb, LOE B-R).
The class of recommendation and levels of evidence are discussed here: From Part 2: Evidence Evaluation and Management of Conflicts of Interest.
Know your rhythms and what to treat them with. Know what rhythms you can't shock. When I did it the machine is random and spouts out a rhythm. I ran the code and gave orders for what meds to give and counting the intervals for CPR versus AED reading the rhythm. They had us do practice code after practice code to get comfortable.
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My older sister is going to go to the ACLS certification and she hasn't had a nursing job in a year. What should she do to prepare for the two day class and certification? TIA for your comments.