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.
A: The recommendation for the use of epinephrine in the treatment of systemic reactions/anaphylaxis is IM administration to maximize rate of systemic delivery of the epinephrine. Dr. Simmons has published evidence that subcutaneous administration has a much slower increase in systemic epinephrine compared to IM.