What are the Cardiac Triple and Respiratory Triple?

Cardiac triplet refers to epinephrine, atropine, and lidocaine, which are mainly used clinically to rescue patients with cardiac arrest and perform cardiac resuscitation. Respiratory triplet refers to lobeline, hyscone, and coramine. If a patient's breathing suddenly stops, it is necessary to use the respiratory triplet to rescue them, mainly to awaken the patient's spontaneous breathing. If both the patient's breathing and heartbeat have stopped, it is necessary to use the cardiac triplet and respiratory triplet simultaneously.

1. In medicine, lidocaine, atropine, and epinephrine are often referred to as the cardiac triplet, while lobeline, hyscone, and coramine are referred to as the respiratory triplet. These are the latest updated drugs for the new cardiac triplet and respiratory triplet.

2. The reason for this name is that these drugs are the most commonly used drugs in emergency rescue. For example, epinephrine is commonly used to rescue patients with anaphylactic shock, cardiac arrest, acute asthmatic attack leading to asphyxia, etc. It can quickly increase blood pressure and heart rate, maintain basic vital signs, and has hemostatic effects due to vasoconstriction.

3. Lobeline and nikethamide can stimulate the respiratory center and are commonly used in the rescue of asphyxia and respiratory failure caused by various reasons. However, regardless of the drug, it is necessary to master its dosage and injection speed to better exert its pharmacological effects.

4. Usually, when both breathing and heartbeat have stopped, the cardiac triplet and respiratory triplet are used for cardiopulmonary drug resuscitation, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation is also performed to improve the success rate of rescue.