CAB rather than ABC
The 2010 ILCOR resuscitation guidelines were published today. Key changes and continued points of emphasis from the 2005 BLS Guidelines […]
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New CPR Guidelines
The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation has published its five-yearly update of resuscitation guidelines. The American Heart Association Guidelines can […]
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In-flight cooling after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Aeromedical retrieval specialists in Scotland developed a simple, cheap, effective in-flight cooling protocol using intravenous (IV) cold Hartmann’s solution and […]
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Echo in life support feasible
Emergency physicians in Cambridge and Ipswich in the UK prospectively documented their echo use in cardiac arrest. Images were easily […]
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ETCO2 and ROSC
One for the ‘hardly surprising’ category…. A study of end-tidal CO2 during out-of-hospital adult and child cardiac arrest resuscitation showed […]
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Military pre-hospital thoracotomy
Military doctors in Afghanistan reviewed their experience of thoracotomy done within 24 hours of admission to their hospital. The ballistic […]
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Paeds BVM for adult resus
Smaller self-inflating bags produce greater guideline consistent ventilation in simulated cardiopulmonary resuscitation A comparison between two sizes of self-inflating resuscitation […]
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Is defib danger overstated
No rescuer or bystander has ever been seriously harmed by receiving an inadvertent shock while in direct or indirect contact […]