Pre-hospital IAC-CPR versus standard CPR — paramedic resuscitation of cardiac arrests: Mateer JR, Stueven HA, Thompson BM, et al Am J Emerg Med 3:143–146 Mar 1985
✍ Scribed by John Neufeld
- Book ID
- 104313556
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 218 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6760
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✦ Synopsis
diogenic pulmonary edema. No complications were reported. [Editor's note: Although CPAP by mask may have a role in an ICU setting in a very select group of patients, it probably has little or no place in prehospitaI care or the ED setting. If a patient needs positive pressure ventilation, it would be much more safely administered by a cuffed ET tube.]
Eric Simrod, MD at rates of 1.5 to 2.5 mg/min under continuous EEG monitoring. Within one to two minutes comatose patients awakened fully, and their EEGs normalized. Because of the 50-minute half-life of Ro 15-1788, CNS depression recurred in one to four hours. No side effects or acute withdrawal symptoms were seen. The authors conclude that 5 mg Ro 15-1788 may be used much like a trial of Narcan in the comatose patient to rule out benzodiazepine poisoning.