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.
Patients and Protocol. In a double-blind study conducted at the Children's Institute, we randomly assigned children who remained in cardiac arrest despite CPR and an initial, standard dose of epinephrine (0.01 mg per kilogram) to receive either standard-dose epinephrine or high-dose epinephrine (0.1 mg per kilogram).