
EMCrit 355 - AMAX4 for Crashing Anaphylaxis and Asthma
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Amax for Algorithm
The amax for algorithm beautifully commemorating his son Max is that you have a patient who is unconscious and requiring assisted ventilation from either asthma or anaphylaxis. Ben actually recommends one microgram per kilogram IV push dose every 30 seconds to 10 minutes depending on the severity if the patients in cardiac arrest abandon that and just give them the full one milligram cardiac arrest dose. M is for muscle relaxant because these patients are going to need the placement of an endotracheal tube so you could give either rockeronium my preference or succinylcholine.
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