The tl;dr Pharmacy Journal Club: Sodium Bicarbonate Use in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

We’re winding down to the end of another year, which means it’s a perfect time for reflection. We’ve already recently admitted where we (as a profession) have perhaps been misguided with vancomycin dosing… So perhaps it’s time for us to admit yet another potential practice oopsy. Come reflect with tl;dr on the use of sodium bicarbonate in cardiac arrests and whether this is a strategy we should continue.

Clinical, Pharmacy School, Practice, ResidencyStephanie KujawskiDecember 19, 2022sodium bicarbonate cardiac arrest codes, sodium bicarb out of hospital cardiac arrest, should we use bicarb in codes, sodium bicarbonate neurological ROSC recovery, pros and cons of bicarb in cardiac arrest codes