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.
What does epinephrine do in a lidocaine injection? constricts blood flow in capillaries via alpha 1 receptor (same as phenylephrine or over the counter cold remedies which are alpha 1 agonists) What does epinephrine do in an inhaler or endogenous epinephrine? dilate airway smooth muscle or large blood vessels via beta 2 receptors What are the 5 types of muscarinic receptors that mediate PNS control in different tissues?