I was wondering why the pediatric bradycardia guidelines are different than adults. So off I went to visit Brown at the EMTLife retirement home because Brown seems pretty damn knowledgeable. I found Brown in Brown's room watching TV; Cat in the Hat hat unused and also retired to the bedside table. Brown was not sure and said that thought might be given if Brown was walked down to the dining room for lunch and scoffing down of lunchtime valiumz. I had to encourage Brown to walk to the dining room over Brown's insistence it would be faster if we got in the helicopter so that we could talk about. Seems Brown thinks adrenaline is used over atropine in pediatric bradycardia because the chances of a pathologic cardiac cause for bradycardia e.g. increased vagal tone / heart block due to arrhythmia is less than in adults because little kids do not have myocardial infarction.
adult: consider atropine -> TCP -> dopamine/epinephrine
pediatrics: epinephrine -> consider atropine -> consider TCP
I was wondering why is the ordering different?
AHA Guidelines for Adults
AHA Guidelines for Pediatrics
adult: consider atropine -> TCP -> dopamine/epinephrine
pediatrics: epinephrine -> consider atropine -> consider TCP
I was wondering why is the ordering different?
AHA Guidelines for Adults
AHA Guidelines for Pediatrics
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