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 should be administered with. caution in patients who have heart disease, including patients with cardiac arrhythmias, coronary artery or organic heart disease, or. hypertension. In such patients, or in patients. who are on drugs that may sensitize the heart. to arrhythmias, e.g., digitalis, diuretics, or.