By Marcus A. Banks
Calcium administration after a cardiac arrest does not appear to be beneficial, according to a presentation at the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Critical Care Congress 2025, in Orlando, Fla.
“Maybe we’re just achieving a placebo effect for ourselves,” said meeting speaker Marilyn Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, an associate clinical professor of pharmacy practice at Auburn University, in Alabama, by offering calcium after a cardiac arrest.