Amiodarone for a fib

How does Amiodarone (Anti-arrhythmic) Work? Amiodarone is a class III antiarrhythmic used to help control irregular heart rhythm such as A-Fib

Most often, what will happen is the Amiodarone is used early to help control your a-fib, reduce the a-fib burden, and to lower your heart rate.

The team is preparing to administer amiodarone IV.1. How does amiodarone stop v-fib?2. What are the nursing considerations for this patient

How does Amiodarone (Anti-arrhythmic) Work? Amiodarone is a class III antiarrhythmic used to help control irregular heart rhythm such as A-Fib

-Consider Amiodarone or Esmolol as the drug of choice for rate control in the crashing patient with a-fib. References/Further Reading

Amiodarone may be considered when v-fib and v-tach is unresponsive to CPR, defibrillation, and epinephrine.

Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic agent used in ACLS to treat VF or Ventricular Fibrillation (V-Fib); Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Treatment: 180mg IV Amiodarone given as bolus. The patient's A fib RVR continues. An IV drop of Amiodarone is started. Cardiac consult ordered.

Antiarrhythmics are a category of medications used to convert a-fib back into sinus rhythm. Amiodarone is the most frequently used. In the acute phase of a-fib with RVR, an amiodarone infusion may be started while the patient is loaded on oral doses before the infusion is discontinued.