A WORD ON THE DIRTY EPI DRIP For patients with severely low perfusion in which a formal drip is not immediately feasible and push-dose pressors would be insufficient (a common example being cardiac arrest), one last-ditch effort that some ED/ICU docs can employ in attempts to increase blood pressure, heart rate, inotropy is the dirty epi drip, which is the street term for this
A WORD ON THE DIRTY EPI DRIP For patients with severely low perfusion in which a formal drip is not immediately feasible and push-dose pressors would be insufficient (a common example being cardiac arrest), one last-ditch effort that some ED/ICU docs can employ in attempts to increase blood pressure, heart rate, inotropy is the dirty epi drip, which is the street term for this
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Most people usually use 1 mg of crash cart epi for the dirty epi drip just because it's the most readily available, but technically the more
The dosing would have to be a little different than the true dirty epi drip (which isn't exactly for cardiac arrest per se, but could be modified for that). The argument that many are making is a good one (that it would get in the way), but I think an epi drip during a code has a few major advantages that a few authors have pointed out:
Most people usually use 1 mg of crash cart epi for the dirty epi drip just because it's the most readily available, but technically the more
A WORD ON THE DIRTY EPI DRIP For patients with severely low perfusion in which a formal drip is not immediately feasible and push-dose pressors would be insufficient (a common example being cardiac arrest), one last-ditch effort that some ED/ICU docs can employ in attempts to increase blood pressure, heart rate, inotropy is the dirty epi drip, which is the street term for this
Dirty Epi Drip and IV Flow Rates -Should almost always give epi drips through a pump or as push-dose (i.e. more precise) -Dirty epi drips
ROSC – Pediatric Epi Drip Dosing. Clarification for Infusion Pumps. Changes to Pediatric Allergic Reaction and Anaphylaxis Protocols. Addition
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