ACLS Pharmacology Questions


26. What is the initial dose of Lidocaine when administered to an adult through an ET tube during pulseless VT/VF?
a. Lidocaine 2-3mg/kg via ET tube
b. Lidocaine 1-1.5mg/kg
c. Lidocaine 0.5-0.75mg/kg
d. Lidocaine 1-4mg/min

27. What are the recommendations for giving vasopressin during a cardiac arrest?


28. What are the recommended drug dosages when giving medications through the ET tube?


29. Name 5 medications that may be used in the treatment of pulseless VT?


30. What is the first antiarrhythmic and dosage that can be administered during a VF arrest?
a. Procainamide
b. Amiodarone
c. Bretylium
d. Quinidine


Answers

26. a. Lidocaine 2-3mg/kg via ET tube

27. Vasopressin 40u IV may be given as a onetime dose before epinephrine or as a second dose after the initial dose of epinephrine.

28. Typically the drug dose given by the ET tube route is 2-2.5 times the recommended IV dose.

29.
Epinephrine
Vasopressin
Amiodarone
Lidocaine
Magnesium


30. b. Amiodarone

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