Recommended process for treating cardiac arrest with an AED(-X)
When utilising an AED or AED-X for resuscitation purposes, follow the following procedure:
1. Shock
2. If patient's heart rate is not returning, administer epinephrine
3. Shock
4. If patient's heart rate is not returning, administer amiodarone
5. Shock
6. If patient's heart rate is not returning, administer lidocaine
7. Shock
If, by step 7, the patient's heart rate has not returned, do not administer any further heart rate medicines at this point.
This process is stopped as soon as a continuous heart rate is detected.