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Awake, and Paralysed: A Never Event

Don't Forget the Bubbles

You are the Paediatric doctor on call and receive a call for an incoming patient to the emergency department. Tragically, several attempts at resuscitation upon arrival at the emergency department were unsuccessful. This is referred to as CPR I nduced C onsciousness ( CPRIC ). Ann Emerg Med. His name is Ben.

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Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest: Pearls and Pitfalls

EMDocs

Louis) // Reviewed by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case You are working in the trauma/critical care pod of your emergency department (ED). You receive a page for a cardiac arrest and take report from emergency medical services (EMS). Published 2009 Jun 10. Am J Emerg Med. Resuscitation.

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Middle Aged Woman with Asystolic Cardiac Arrest, Resuscitated: Cath Lab?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Medics found her apneic and pulseless, began CPR, and she was found to be in asystole. Methods: Between June 2007 - July 2009 all NT-OHCA patients aged >18, transported to our hospital, an urban, level one trauma teaching hospital were included. A middle-age woman with h/o hypertension was found down by her husband. Results: Over 8.5

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Foreign Bodies in the Head and Neck

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Be ready to perform CPR. Children 1 year and up, unconscious – CPR: start CPR with chest compressions (do not perform a pulse check). Nonfatal Choking on Food Among Children 14 Years or Younger in the United States, 2001–2009. Am J Emerg Med. Published July 2009. After 30 chest compressions, open the airway.