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.
Epinephrine, a vasoconstrictor in local anesthetics, acts at the aÂ½, Î²1, and Î²2 receptors causing vasoconstriction, cardiac stimulation, and bronchodilation. Generally epinephrine 1/1,000 is used in an emergency situation in either IM or subcutaneously.