Authors: Tim Harris, Gavin Lloyd / Editor: Jonathan M Jones / Reviewer: Rebecca Ford, Emma Everitt / Code: R1, R2 / Published: 23/03/2020 / Reviewed: 24/10/2024
This module covers the appropriate management of patients with severe anaphylaxis and those deteriorating to cardiac arrest.
After completing this session you will be able to:
- Identify which patients in cardiac arrest, or near cardiac arrest have anaphylaxis as the trigger
- Respond to anaphylaxis in an attempt to avoid cardiac arrest
- Modify the standard advanced life support protocol for cardiac arrest in the context of anaphylaxis
- Manage the anaphylactic patient post-cardiac arrest
References
- Emergency Treatment of Anaphylactic Reactions. Guidelines for healthcare providers. Resuscitation Council UK, 2021.
- Pumphrey RS. Fatal anaphylaxis in the UK, 1992-2001. Novartis Found Symp. 2004;257:116-28; discussion 128-32, 157-60, 276-85.
- Pumphrey RS. Lessons for management of anaphylaxis from a study of fatal reactions. Clin Exp Allergy. 2000 Aug;30(8):1144-50.
