Alternative Drug Therapy in Adult Cardiac Arrests
Date First Published:
November 24, 2015
Last Updated:
November 24, 2015
Report by:
Martin Eccles, Education & Development Practitioner (MRI)
Three-Part Question:
In [adult cardiac arrests] does the [use of vasopressors / epinepherine / steroids vs standard care] improve [ROSC / survival to discharge / long term survival rates]
Clinical Scenario:
After an international conference on the management of patients in cardiac arrest and watching a lecture on this subject, I felt that this was a novel approach and wanted to explore the evidence surrounding this approach and the feasibility of this being introduced into our ED.