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SGEM#238: The Epi Don’t Work for OHCA

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

This was a before and after study to see if advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) techniques, including IV epinephrine, would improve survival to discharge. There have been a number of papers published since OPALS that support the findings of not using ACLS drugs like epinephrine for OHCA ( Olavseengen et al.