Amiodarone. Contents. 1 General; 2 Adult Dosing. 2.1 V-fib Hyperpigmentation rash. Amiodarone hyperpigmentation.jpg. Pharmacology.
ventricular tachycardia (V-Tach) and ventricular fibrillation (V-Fib), ranking it higher than the medication amiodarone, which has been
Amiodarone may be considered when v-fib and v-tach is unresponsive to CPR, defibrillation, and epinephrine. Amiodarone Precautions Contraindications: With
Amiodarone may be considered when v-fib and v-tach is unresponsive to CPR, defibrillation, and epinephrine. Amiodarone Precautions Contraindications: With amiodarone, there are multiple complex drug interactions, so caution must be used when administering this drug.
Amiodarone. This anti-arrhythmic is used for pulseless V-tach and V-fib. The first dose should be given rapidly, and a second dose may follow.
-Consider Amiodarone or Esmolol as the drug of choice for rate control in the crashing patient with a-fib. References/Further Reading: Fuster V
X. AMIODARONE - 150 mg in 100 ml of NS, infused IV/IO over 10 minutes. X. LIDOCAINE - Consider if V-fib/V-Tach refractory to amiodarone. 1.5.
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
(PS. Semantics perhaps...pulseless V-fib-- V-fib is by its very nature pulseless)