Pre-hospital Echo
Image: Pocus (ultrasound) semi-portable by Dr Bowser, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Pre-hospital physicians in Germany performed basic echo […]
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CPR on your own? Stay at the head end
Image: Laerdal Little Family QCPR training manikins in carrying bag, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2026)-bs by Minja Klarić, CC BY-SA 4.0, […]
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How to give cold saline in the field
Image: Oxytocin intravenous bag by Colin, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Pre-hospital therapeutic hypothermia might be a good thing, […]
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End tidal CO2 in cardiac arrest
Image: Capnogram1 by Rschiedon at Dutch Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Measuring end-tidal CO2 in cardiac arrest patients […]
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Pre-hospital therapeutic hypothermia
A Czech study demonstrated effective pre-hospital therapeutic cooling of post-cardiac arrest patients using fairly modest amounts of intravenous saline at […]
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Better outcomes with conventional CPR
A very large nationwide Japanese observational study examined outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients who received CPR from lay rescuers. […]
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Improved survival with modified CPR
Image: Laerdal Little Family QCPR training manikins in carrying bag, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2026)-bs by Minja Klarić, CC BY-SA 4.0, […]
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VF on echo
How can you not love those guys at hqmeded.com? Here’s a great case of theirs demonstrating the echocardiographic appearance of […]
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LMA to stoma ventilation
Level 1 evidence is great, but for useful tips that can add options to your resuscitation toolbox there are some […]
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Resuscitation Guideline Changes
The European Resuscitation Council’s Summary of Major Changes in the 2010 guidelines can be downloaded here