Bolus intravenous potassium chloride for recurrent ventricular fibrillation

Jouffroy Romain; Couetoux Louis Marie; Jost Daniel; Travers Stéphane

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2023.01.055

Bolus intravenous potassium chloride for recurrent ventricular fibrillation

Am J Emerg Med. 2023 Feb 9:S0735-6757(23)00073-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.01.055. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Jouffroy Romain¹, Couetoux Louis Marie², Jost Daniel², Travers Stéphane²

Affiliations

¹ Paris Fire Brigade, Emergency Medicine department, 1 place Jules Renard, 75017 Paris, France. Electronic address: romain.joufroy@gmail.com.
² Paris Fire Brigade, Emergency Medicine department, 1 place Jules Renard, 75017 Paris, France.

PMID: 36797168
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.01.055

Abstract

We report the feasibility and recommend the potential efficacy of a bolus intravenous potassium chloride during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with recurrent ventricular fibrillation following an acute coronary syndrome in a man in his 40's.

Keywords: Cardiac arrest; Efficacy; Potassium chloride; Recurrent; Ventricular fibrillation.

Publication types

Case Reports