Explain the rationale for using amiodarone after cardiac arrest?

After cardiac arrest the heart is very irritated. An irritated heart is much more likely to go in to arrhythmias. Giving amiodarone has shown to reduce the likelihood of these cardiac arrhythmias occurring.

Because amiodarone has a low incidence of pro-arrhythmic effects, it has been used both in the treatment of acute life-threatening arrhythmias as well as the chronic suppression of arrhythmias. It is useful both in supraventricular arrhythmias and ventricular arrhythmias

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