Is this really a slang term?. I've never seen this term before. I'm familar with this term, but I don't use it.. I occassionally use this term.. I use this term all the time!.
March 11, 2015. Epinephrine is widely used and recommended by Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), but its effectiveness in neurologic outcomes has never been truly established.
At least one animal study suggests that epinephrine administered during field-quality CPR produces no hemodynamic benefit but administration during high-quality CPR can significantly improve coronary perfusion pressure and cortical cerebral blood flow (Pytte et al., 2006).