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During a sudden cardiac arrest, why can't we give vassopressin 40 units twice?
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- ckm1956Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Good question. Like the other "limits" on drugs in ACLS, I'm guessing the magic number was derived from a combo of consensus & theory. There's likely not much evidence that it would do any good.
As for the first answer, "putting the patient into shock & myocardial infarction", the patient is already technically DEAD, likely FROM an MI.
Source(s): paramedic of 15+ years surgical PA - 1 decade ago
You will overload the heart and put the body into shock, and Myocardial Infarction.
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