A45-year-old man had coronary artery stents placed 2 days ago. today, he is in severe distress and is reporting "crushing" chest discomfort. he is pale, diaphoretic, and cool to the touch. his radial pulse is very weak, blood pressure is 64/40 mm hg, respiratory rate is 28 breaths/min, and oxygen saturation is 89% on room air. when applied, the cardiac monitor initially showed ventricular tachycardia, which then quickly changed to ventricular fibrillation. if the lidocaine doent work what drug do you give next?

Epinephrine and amiodarone are used to treat the problem of irregular heart beat.

Epinephrine is the first drug given to the patient which is used in order to treat problems with heart rhythm and irregular heart beat. If epinephrine is not effective then the amiodarone 300 mg will be used which also used to treat the irregular heart beat. The old man experiences severe discomfort in the chest and have a very weak pulse rate so these Antiarrhythmic drugs such as Epinephrine and amiodarone are used in order to normalize the pulse rate.

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