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What is amiodarone dose for stable vtach with pulse?
150mg IV infusion over 10minutes. May repeat once in 10 minutes.
What is the term for three or more premature ventricular complexes occurring in a row at a rate of more than 100 beats a minute?
that looks like 2 different things. 4 or more pvc's is considered "a run of vtach" the other part would depend on the rhythm before the vtach... ex. sinus tachycardia with a run of vtach
Can you shock vtach with a pulse?
Yes. But it is advised only when the patient is unstable. If the patient is stable you need to consider anti-dysthymia meds. This is state protocol specific but some examples include Amioderone, Lidocaine, and Adenosine are the few that are in the national curriculum.
Which statements tells why it is important to give early defibrillation to an adult?
From the AHA related link: Many sudden cardiac arrest victims are in ventricular fibrillation (VF). VF is an abnormal, chaotic heart rhythm that prevents the heart from pumping blood. You must defibrillate a victim immediately to stop VF and allow a normal heart rhythm to resume. The sooner you provide defibrillation with the AED, the better the victim's chances of survival. Several studies have documented the effects of time to defibrillation and the effects of bystander CPR on survival from SCA. For every minute that passes between collapse and defibrillation, survival rates from witnessed VF SCA decrease 7 to 10 percent if no CPR is provided. When bystander CPR is provided, the decrease in survival rates is more gradual and averages 3 to 4 percent per minute from collapse to defibrillation. CPR can double or triple survival from witnessed SCA at most intervals to defibrillation.
