I’ve had it done couple times to attempt stop tachycardia. My heart used to randomly get stuck in sinus rhythm at 180bpm, which was annoying.

Adenosine blocks electrical signals through the atrio-ventricular (AV) node for a second or two. So you appear to flatline on an ECG. It never worked for me. A Diltiazem injection was what reliably worked to reset my rhythm.

I’ve since had a cardiac ablation to fix my hearts fucked up wiring. A doctor sends a scope into an artery in your leg, travels up to your heart, finds the cells that are causing electrical impulses to loop uncontrollably, then burns them.

It’s about a 45 min procedure door to door, and it’s the equivalent of removing some excess solder from a bad circuit board. So yet another IT department inspired fix.

Brought to you by your local IT support department.

Ha, did you see that paramedic social media video too? I just learned about this yesterday from him.

Hey, I saw that Youtube short with the fireman guy that does the funny skits too.

Now attach three phosphate ions and watch it go brrr.

Is this the stuff that causes the “impending doom” sensation? That stuff’s weird.

See.. I told you.. A reboot will fix it

Have gotten a dose of this before in the ER. Absolutely do not recommend!!

Isn’t that the stuff caffeine blocks that builds up in your brain over the day?

I should probably carry this, my heart likes to randomly decide 220bpm is a good idea every now and then.

So this is the formula you use to make the heart stop for a short time. Magic is amazing.