"            witnessed arrest? -> precordial thump"
"          DX: Asystole, or bradycardia w. NO pulse"
"            Start I.V. (consider INTUBATION now)"
"EPI 0.5-1 MG IV (child .01 MG/KG) - give by E.T. tube if no I.V.!"
"                  INTUBATE (if possible)"
"   ATROPINE 1 MG IV (child .01 MG/KG) - may also be given E.T."
"if unwitnessed, consider:  BICARBONATE 1 MEQ/KG (ideally use ABG)"
"                       no pulse?"
"            repeat EPINEPHRINE every 5 minutes"
"               repeat ATROPINE in 5 minutes"
"           ACIDOSIS or ELECTROLYTE abnormality?"
"                       no pulse?"
"                    EXTERNAL PACER"
"or if not available, consider ISOPROTERENOL DRIP 0.3 mic/kg/min"
" "
"         if good rhythm obtained only after pacer"
"   or isoproterenol, prepare for transvenous pacemaker"
" "
"end"

