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>L2 course on cardiovascular and renal internal medicine
>Visiting lecturer (MD, PhD. and senior government advisor on emergency cardiovascular medicine):
>"It has been standard procedure to administer 1mg IV adrenaline every 3-5mins during resuscitation. HOWEVER, recent statistics have shown that it has had little to no effect on the outcome.
>What is more contradictory is that an injection of ADH actually increases the rate of survival.
>This a fundamental shift from previous thinking in this area and you must be able carry this out in the field.
>However, always check before injection that the patient is not a lawyer.
>Lecture hall erupts in laughter.