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- From: Joseph.Zalkin@f17.n275.z1.fidonet.org (Joseph Zalkin)
- Newsgroups: misc.emerg-services
- Subject: New jama guidelines
- Message-ID: <722554949.AA22340@remote.halcyon.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 03:16:00 -0800
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- I have not seen any posts on the new JAMA resusciatation
- guidelines released on Oct 26th...so here goes:
-
- Major changes:
- Rating of treatments: Class I - effective
- Class IIa - probably effective
- Class IIb - prob. not effective
- Class III - Harmful
-
- Airways: Bag mask may not deliver adequate volume vs Mouth - Mask
- New devices reviewed with not commitment as to effectiveness
- (transport ventilator, PTL, etc.)
-
- Medication: Drug delivery - central vs perpheral - vague - antecubical
- and external jugular are preferred then onto central lines if no return
- to circulation.
-
- ET administerted meds - Up dose to 2-2.5 times current
- (epi,
- atropine, and lidocaine) long cath needed to deliver beyond
- end of ET tube indicated. Stopping CPR during the process.
-
- IV Solution - Normal Saline is recommended but D5W remains
- acceptable.
-
- Lidocaine - Use only in presence of MI - Dose 1.0 - 1.5
- mg/Kg
- up to 3mg/kg/Hr. (repeat bolus 0.5 - 1.5mg/Kg)
-
- Isoproterenol indicated for torsades de pointes and in heart
- transplant related bradycardia
-
- Adenosine - Drug of choice for PSVT and use after
- lidocaine in wide complex tach of unknown etiology.
- Dose 6 mg rapid bolus and repeat at 12 mg.
-
- Calcium - indicated in calcium channel blocker OD or
- hyperkalemia, hypocalcemia.
-
- Sodium Bicarbonate - indocated in tri-cyclic antidepressant
- OD's and phenobarbital Od's
-
- Epinephrine - intial dose 1 mg every 3-5 min.
- then
- 2-5 mg iv (classIIb) q 3-5 min
-
- OR 3mg then 5mg every 3-5 min (IIb)
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- OR 0.1mg/Kg (70Kg = 7Mg) (IIb)
- Electric Shock -
-
- Defibrillation - Weight not a factor for adult patients
-
- Cardioversion - A Fib - 100 Joules
- A Flutter and PSVT - 50 Joules
- VT (monomorphic) - 100 J
- (polymorphic) - 200 J
-
- Blind defib - No role (?)
-
- Precordial Thump - ? not delay use of defib.
-
- Pacemaker - Pacing is prefered to atropine in bradycardia with
- (transcutanious) angina and other severe symptoms.
- But, patients may not tolerate the PAIN
-
-
- General - Cpr instruction to emphasis on ACCESS 911
- Use fluid challenge in EMD/Bradycardia
-
- There is much more.....see your medical director for additional info.
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