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REBEL Cast Ep123: Reduced-Dose Systemic Peripheral Alteplase in Massive PE?

RebelEM

in the paper but 2.7% to ≈0.99 (p<0.001) Mean MPI/Tei Index≈ 0.47 in the paper but 2.7% to ≈0.99 (p<0.001) Mean MPI/Tei Index≈ 0.47 in the paper but 2.7% to ≈0.99 (p<0.001) Mean MPI/Tei Index≈ 0.47 to 4.0mg/hr typically given in EKOS therapy (See Below). to 4.0mg/hr typically given in EKOS therapy (See Below).

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Gender-focused training improves leadership of female medical students: A randomised trial

SheMD

In medical emergencies, provider qualities which lead to greater performance and patient outcomes include leadership and teamwork. This study focused on gender differences in CPR performance and trialed an intervention to impact the leadership behaviors of female medical students. 2010; 85(8): 1276- 1281. Crit Care Med.

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SGEM#394: Say Bye Bye Bicarb for Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Your team begins high quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Apart from high-quality CPR and early defibrillation, many other interventions we try lack a strong evidence base. Sodium bicarbonate has historically been used during CPR with the goal of alkalizing blood pH and treating metabolic acidosis.

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Single ventricle defects and the hunt for the best shunt

Don't Forget the Bubbles

The team start CPR, and this is emergently converted to extra-corporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation via the open sternotomy wound. These cases illustrate some of the common issues associated with each shunt type, but what does the evidence say about outcomes?

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Managing Pneumothorax

Taming the SRU

As these patients are typically already at a high risk for poor health outcomes, secondary spontaneous PTX is often more serious in presentation and management more complex [11]. Management of spontaneous pneumothorax: British Thoracic Society Pleural Disease Guideline 2010. J Emerg Med. 2021;61(5):517-528. doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.07.006

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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. We studied this and published the abstract below in 2010. Chicago November 2010. Data collected included demographics, initial rhythm, EKG, emergency department (ED) CT and outcomes. What is the utility of a head CT in cardiac arrest?

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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). (J.

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