Severe shock, obtunded, and a diagnostic prehospital ECG. Also: How did this happen?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2019
If cardiac arrest from hypokalemia is imminent (i.e., to greatly decrease risk (although in STEMI, the optimal level is about 4.0-4.5 As I indicated above, in our cardiac arrest case, after pushing 40 mEq, the K only went up to 4.2 Give an initial infusion of 10 mEq IV over 5 minutes; repeat once if needed.
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