NoMalarkyZone t1_iuhpym9 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:50 PM

Reply to comment by I-goes-to-eleven in TIL: Asthmador was an asthma treatment in the US in the 1950s. It was made up of 3 toxic/hallucinogenic compounds belladonna (atropine), stramonium (nightshade/jimson weed), and potassium perchlorate (oxidant commonly used in fireworks). One common delivery method for Asthmador - cigarettes! by Geek_Nan

Maybe most "providers" give atropine to a dead heart but it's not part of ACLS, and most physicians don't.

In fact i don't think I've never seen an ED physician or intensivist give atropine to a pulseless person. There's no evidence of that helping in asystole, or anything other than symptomatic bradycardia - essentially pre-arrest.

Maybe follow the guidelines? It would also help to be less combative with everyone you're talking to.