Esmolol for refractory VF
Already well publicised on social media, the team at Hennepin County published a retrospective comparison between patients with refractory VF […]
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Open cardiac massage in asthmatic arrests?
This idea was provoked by a colleague some years ago who could not achieve a palpable pulse during CPR of […]
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London Cardiac Arrest Symposium 2014
The focus of the entire day is cardiac arrest and this is the second day of the London Cardiac Arrest […]
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New AF guidelines from AHA/ACC
2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Executive Summary J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014;64(21):2246-2280 […]
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Left Ventricular Assist Device for Cardiac Arrest?
An interesting case report by Dr Heidlebaugh and colleagues from the Department of Emergency Medicine at the William Beaumont Hospital […]
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ARISE study: EGDT no better than standard care
The second of three major trials assessing early goal directed therapy (EGDT) in sepsis – the Australasian ARISE Trial – […]
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Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes
The latest AHA/ACC guidelines on NSTEACS have been published ahead of print in Circulation. Full text is available, and the […]
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Profound hypothermia and no ECMO?
Patients in cardiac arrest due to severe hypothermia benefit from extracorporeal rewarming, and it is often recommended that they are […]
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When to Stop Resuscitation
My talk at the SmaccGOLD conference in March 2014 Cliff Reid – When Should Resuscitation Stop from Social Media and […]
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Down with "down" time!
A man in his 40s has a witnessed collapse and CPR is immediately started. Paramedics are on scene within 5 […]