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Electrical injuries

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Prolonged CPR should be considered as outcomes are generally good, even if asystole is the presenting rhythm. 2000 Aug;46(1–3). The high voltage can cause direct thermal injuries, as well as mechanical injuries from falls or secondary trauma. Advanced Paediatric Life Support [Internet]. Wiley; 2016. Resuscitation. Pittman O, Toner H.

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Seeing Peter Safar, and his work

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Validation of methods of controlling the unprotected natural airway; comparisons of methods of artificial respiration, validating mouth-to-mouth as the most effective means, training and popularizing mouth-to-mouth, and linking and coordinating external cardiac massage (the Johns Hopkins Group) to be Steps A, B, & C of CPR. " Peter J.

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SGEM#197: Die Trying – Intubation of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrests

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SGEM#64 : Classic EM Papers (OPALS Study) * SGEM#136 : CPR – Man or Machine? The survival rate for IHCA has almost doubled from the year 2000 when it was only 13.7%. Background: We have talked about out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) many times on the SGEM. The survival rate for adults to hospital discharge is 24.8%.

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How long should CPR be performed after cardiac arrest in the hospital?

PulmCCM

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is performed on more than 250,000 people in U.S. How do physicians and providers decide to stop CPR after in-hospital cardiac arrest—and how should they? However, AHA’s guidelines are notably silent on how long to perform CPR. hospitals each year. who died) was 21 minutes.

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