First Report of Survival in Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation After Dual-Axis Defibrillation and Esmolol Administration

First Report of Survival in Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation After Dual-Axis Defibrillation and Esmolol Administration

There is a subset of patients who suffer a witnessed ventricular fibrillation (VF) arrest and despite receiving reasonable care with medications (epinephrine and amiodarone) and multiple defibrillations (3+ attempts at 200 joules of biphasic current) remain in refractory VF (RVF), also known as elec...

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Main Authors: Kevin M Boehm, Daniel Keyes, Laura E Mader, Joan Michelle Moccia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2016-11-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Resuscitation
ventricular fibrillations
Defibrillation
Dual-axis defibrillation
Beta-blockade
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/1469v72j

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