@K9colrdo7 @StephenRuhe@BledsoeBradley@HumanityChad@CommunityNotes I understand that lol ACLS algorithms, whether in hospital or out of hospital, really do not though. Minor differences in procedure and pharmacology, but saying the hospital down the street is aggressively synchronizing A Fib all the time is just far fetched
@StephenRuhe@BledsoeBradley@HumanityChad@CommunityNotes with the use a synchronized cardioversion of AFib. What monitors can synchronize AFib? I’ve used multiple models of LifePak and Zoll and have never knows either to be able to synchronize AFib. Thanks for the article though very interesting read!
@StephenRuhe@BledsoeBradley@HumanityChad@CommunityNotes I stand corrected to say it can’t be done then. But I would say it’s incorrect to say it’s common practice. Surely isn’t in my ACLS protocol. And I’ve seen plenty of Cardizem given and few defib attempts. Sounds like from the study the already predisposed risk of stroke increases
@StephenRuhe@BledsoeBradley@HumanityChad@CommunityNotes You can’t synchronize cardiovert A-Fib. Only SVT and Vtach. Some docs will attempt to defibrillate a-fib RVR at a lower joules, but it’s rare, and not what is happening here.