Mar 30, 2009 #41 reaper Working Bum Messages 2,817 Reaction score 75 Points 48 8jimi8 said: One ACLS instructor that I spoke with preferred vasopressin first because of its peripheral effects. He explained that a heart in AMI is already oxygen starved and that epinephrine only made it work harder. Seems logical to me. Click to expand... I would hope that Epi would make a heart work harder in an AMI! Why would you give Epi or Vaso to a pt with an AMI?
8jimi8 said: One ACLS instructor that I spoke with preferred vasopressin first because of its peripheral effects. He explained that a heart in AMI is already oxygen starved and that epinephrine only made it work harder. Seems logical to me. Click to expand... I would hope that Epi would make a heart work harder in an AMI! Why would you give Epi or Vaso to a pt with an AMI?
Mar 30, 2009 #42 reaper Working Bum Messages 2,817 Reaction score 75 Points 48 That would be nice. I have never been found of Amiodarone any ways!
