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if pt is pulseless in Ventricular Tachycardia and two shocks and one dose of epi is given, what drug is next

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The next drug to administer is AMIODARONE and the dose is 300 mg.
Ventricular tachycardia is said to occur in an individual, when such an individual has a pulse of more than 100 beats per minutes with at least three irregular heart beats in a row. Ventricular tachycardia is a major cause of cardiac arrest deaths in the world today.
In this kind of situation, epinephrine has to be administered. The next drug to give the person after epinephrine is amiodarone. Amiodarone is a class III anti arrhythmic drug that is used for termination and prevention of ventricular arrhythmia.
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