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
-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 may be considered when v-fib and v-tach is unresponsive to CPR, defibrillation, and epinephrine. Amiodarone Precautions Contraindications: With
Treatment and Care for Ventricular Fibrillation (V-fib) Medications: Beta-blockers may be used to reduce the risk of additional V-fib episodes. Implantable
RELATIVE. Ventricular Fibrillation (V-Fib)/pulseless Ventricular. Tachycardia (V-Tach). Hemodynamically unstable Ventricular-Tach with a pulse. With medical
Indications Ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias 1st line for pulseless V-tach/V-fib Used for atrial arrhythmias in patients with
Contraindications: Hypersensitivity, bradycardia, drug induced tachycardia, 2nd or 3rd degree heart blocks, A-Fib, A-Flutter. V-Tach
overview of how we manage V-Fib and V-tach in cardiac arrest, based on the 2024 ACLS Guidelines Pulseless Arrest V-Fib Teaching (ACLS
¤ Accelerates re-polarization process; used for ventricular arrhythmia's. ¤ V-fib, V-tach. ¤ Uses: acute ventricular arrhythmias. ¤ Slows
(PS. Semantics perhaps...pulseless V-fib-- V-fib is by its very nature pulseless)