Alternative Drug Therapy in Adult Cardiac Arrests
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Report By: Martin Eccles - Education & Development Practitioner
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Institution: MRI
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Date Submitted: 24th November 2015
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Last Modified: 24th November 2015
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Status: Red (incomplete)
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.