Prehospital ECLS – it's happening
Patients with refractory (>30 mins) cardiac arrest underwent prehospital cannulation for extracorporeal life support in a French feasibility study. A […]
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Family presence during resuscitation
Families allowed to be present during attempted cardiopulmonary resuscitation had improved psychological outcomes at ninety days. Adult family members of […]
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Lateral chest thrusts for choking
An interesting animal study examined the techniques recommended in basic choking management algorithms for foreign body airway obstruction (chest and […]
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Traumatic cardiac arrest outcomes
Ever heard anyone spout dogma along the lines of: “it’s a traumatic cardiac arrest – resuscitation is futile as the […]
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Advanced airways and worse outcomes in cardiac arrest
A new study demonstrates an association between advanced prehospital airway management and worse clinical outcomes in patients with cardiac arrest. […]
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Perimortem Caesarean Delivery: Late is Better than Not
“To date, approximately one-third of the women who die during pregnancy remain undelivered at the time of death” Guidelines recommend […]
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Echo for cardiac arrest outcome prediction
A meta-analysis of studies evaluation transthoracic echo as a means of predicting return of spontaneous circulation in cardiac arrest (ROSC) […]
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ECMO for paediatric cardiac arrest
The Taiwanese are at it again with their extracorporeal life support. This time, they report their outcomes in children who […]
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Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation
You have a patient in cardiac arrest who has had excellent resuscitation from the point of collapse, and who has […]
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Hypothermia after long down times
You receive a patient resuscitated from cardiac arrest to a perfusing rhythm in your emergency department. History suggests a long […]