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5 Reasons Why the Defibtech DBP 2003 is the Ultimate Portable Defibrillator for Emergency Response Teams

AED Leader

Among the wide range of defibrillators available on the market, the Defibtech DBP 2003 stands out as the ultimate choice for emergency response teams. With its advanced features, user-friendly design, and exceptional performance, the DBP 2003 is a game-changer in emergency medical care.

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Seeing Peter Safar, and his work

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Readers of this blog may have read of the death of Dr. 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. In collaboration with Asmund S. Baskett, P.

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Episode 20: End Tidal Carbon Dioxide

PHEM Cast

Qvigstad et al showed in again in Resuscitation in 2013, confirming inter-individual variation in effectiveness of CPR using ETCO2 as a surrogate for CO Trauma Deakin et al. (J. trauma 2004) showed that end-tidal CO2 may be of value in predicting outcome from major trauma (19).

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The Technologically Dependent Child in the ED

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

The main thing for us is to suspect it, detect it, control it, and if the child arrests, to do vigorous CPR to mechanically disrupt the bubbles. Clin Chest Med 24 (2003) 473– 487 Some references advocate for hyperbarics to allow the embolus to resolve, others comment on using a needle to aspirate air.

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ECPR evidence – a historical journey

Intensive Blog

Whilst acknowledging not all centres who provide ECMO are registered with ELSO 3 , an analysis of this dataset showed that in 2003 there were < 50 ECPR runs reported in total 4. The Steps of CPR reported in the Journal of Iowa Medical Society in 1964 by Peter Safar. Image source: File:Steps of CPR-1964.jpg The early years….

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The Nose: the other route to the lungs

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

factor than oral (which still suffers from the too-personal-contact-reluctance of the lay rescuer, as in “hands only CPR”), and to the more euphonious persuasion of “Mouth to Mouth” and “Kiss of Life.” At that time, too, it was felt that the cause, or —at least, the major focus of investigation, of Upper Airway Obstruction was the tongue.