"Dr. Zhao?"
The emergency room nurse, Wang Li, stood by, waiting for Zhao Heng's instructions.
As an emergency room nurse, it's fair to say that scenes like this play out several times a day.
"Four units of Sodium Nitroprusside, 0.5 Esmolol bolus over 1 minute, maintain for 10 minutes."
Upon seeing the glaring red blood pressure numbers on the life monitor, Zhao Heng quickly made a decision.
This Sodium Nitroprusside is the drug of choice for hypertensive crises; it is a short-acting antihypertensive medication. Its nitroso groups decompose to produce NO, causing vasodilation, and it can dilate both arteries and veins.
As for Esmolol, it is a selective β-receptor blocker, mainly used for tachycardia and hypertension during anesthesia induction, tracheal intubation, intraoperatively, during anesthetic recovery, and postoperatively.
