Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Tragically, several attempts at resuscitation upon arrival at the emergency department were unsuccessful. This is referred to as CPR I nduced C onsciousness ( CPRIC ). Rocuronium ( a muscle relaxant ) alone was administered as he became combative. Another attempt led to an oesophageal intubation. Ben was awake but paralysed.

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PHEM Cast

APRIL 16, 2018

It might be better to consider traumatic cardiac arrest as a completely different disease eg LOST: Low Output State due to Trauma The 2015 European Resuscitation Council and UK Resuscitation Council Algorithms for Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: To read the whole ERC guideline on special circumstances cardiac arrest including trauma, click here.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 7, 2024

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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Taming the SRU

JULY 2, 2023

Cardiac Arrest As mentioned before, tidal CO2 is a function of metabolic rate and cardiac output, so capnography can be utilized during CPR to monitor the effectiveness of chest compressions. Part 1: executive summary: 2015 American Heart Association guidelines update for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care."

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

APRIL 8, 2014

It is a curious paradox of history that Nerve Gas was the product of agricultural research by the burgeoning chemical industry in Germany in the latter 19 th and early 20 th centuries, and that modern understanding of resuscitation came from WWII military investigations (Edgar A. Let's look at the early expired air resuscitation adjuncts!

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

OCTOBER 1, 2015

The Huber needle is not a resuscitative line. 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. Vascular Devices: assume the line is not functional, and use another to resuscitate, especially in port-a-caths.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

MARCH 27, 2015

Her rejoinder was “I didn’t think to blow through the nose, but, boy, did I blow between the teeth! ” The nose in Early Modern Expired Air Resuscitation: Early teaching in expired-air resuscitation was three-fold. Few people now remember that a strong early proposal in the move for expired air resuscitation was Mouth to Nose.

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