Hyperkalemia, TTP, Ventricular Tachycardia, VTach Download Leave a Comment Amiodarone is Dead. Filed Under: Cardiovascular Tags: Amiodarone, Atrial
Adult Dose: Standing order: Ventricular fibrillation (VF); Pulseless ventricular tachycardia (pulseless VTach);. First Dose: 300 mg; Second Dose: 150 mg.
May repeat ½ initial dose (150 mg) no faster than 10 min. Or under VFib or Pulseless VTach, if patient converts with ROSC from a ventricular arrhythmia and no
VTach and VFib Algorithm to provide treatment for pulseless ventricular tachycardia. Amiodarone 150 mg IV over 10 minutes, OR; Sotalol 100 mg (1.5 mg/kg)
Stable, regular, narrow complex tachycardia that is resistant to vagar maneuvers or adenosine, to control the ventricular rate in stable irregular narrow complex tachycardia, atrial dysthymias with an accessory pathway, VTach, cardiac arrest from VFib or pulseless VTach after CPR, defib, and a press or
High-dose epinephrine is Amiodarone or lidocaine may be consideration to Vfib/pulseless Vtach that is unresponsive to defibrillation.
bananas, dried fruits, nuts); Thiazide Diuretics → Hydrochlorothiazide Class III → Amiodarone a. Indications → aFib, vFib, vTach b. Many serious
Lidocaine toxicity (can cause VT). Algorithms: Vfib/Vtach no pulse. Wide Propranolol: Total dose of 0.1 mg/kg slow IVP divided into 3 equal doses.
Lidocaine: Drug of 2nd choice (vs amiodarone) to terminate VTach and prevent VFib after DC cardioversion. Used only in a
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