Goonhub
06-29-2013, 06:15 PM
Also wanted to chime in on flat-lining and defibrillation - defibs can't do much against it. Popular culture would make it seem otherwise but the best way to deal with a flatline is immediate CPR to keep the brain oxygenated and epinephrine. Only 2% of patients ever live past a flat-line event.
Fibrillation is a pretty major event and generally leads to asystole (cardiac arrest) quickly. Atropine and defrib is recommended for those situations. I believe intubation might also be used during fibrillation in case the patient goes into arrest and cannot support their own breathing? I'm not a doctor and I don't know SOP on that
Fibrillation is a pretty major event and generally leads to asystole (cardiac arrest) quickly. Atropine and defrib is recommended for those situations. I believe intubation might also be used during fibrillation in case the patient goes into arrest and cannot support their own breathing? I'm not a doctor and I don't know SOP on that