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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. Judicious fluid resuscitation is critical; patients may become volume-deplete due to fluid loss/oedema secondary to burns. Volume resuscitation in patients with high-voltage electrical injuries. Resuscitation.

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Seeing Peter Safar, and his work

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Peter Josef Safar in 2003, who is often called "The Father of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation," or noted citations of his work in articles written and references given by me here at AENJournal.com and the Advanced Emergency Nursing Blog. " established that exhaled air was a satisfactory gas for resuscitation.

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

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

You are the first physician to respond and you begin to resuscitate the patient. 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%. 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. When a patient is failing to recover spontaneous circulation, the clinician in charge must decide whether and when to cease resuscitation efforts. However, AHA’s guidelines are notably silent on how long to perform CPR.

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