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Drug-Assisted Intubation in the Prehospital Setting (Resource Document to NAEMSP Position Statement) |
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| Authors: | Henry E Wang Assistant Professor Daniel P Davis Robert E O'Connor Robert M Domeier |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;2. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California;3. Department of Emergency Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware;4. Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Abstract: | We report an emergency medical services (EMS) case of self-limited torsade de pointes after administration of droperidol for nausea andvomiting in a patient with potential predisposing factors for the development of prolonged QT interval. Despite the reported association with torsade de pointes, many clinicians still consider droperidol to be a safe medication. Rare cardiac side effects may be avoided by reviewing risk factors for prolonged QT interval in individual patients prior to administering droperidol |
| Keywords: | droperidol torsade de pointes emergency medical services QT interval |