The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

He is found to be in hypoxic respiratory failure and septic shock. 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. Parents note that he has been progressively more tired and difficult to arouse.

Pediatrics 52

Pediatrics Hospitals CPR Resuscitation 52

RebelEM

JANUARY 29, 2024

CHEST 2010. in the paper but 2.7% to ≈0.99 (p<0.001) Mean MPI/Tei Index≈ 0.47 Efficacy and Safety of Low Dose Recombinant Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator for the Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Thromboemolism: A Randomized, Multicenter Controlled Trial. PMID: 19741062 Kucher N et al. Circ 2014.

Stroke 136

Stroke Outcomes Hospitals Administration 136

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 26, 2023

But, they may present postnatally with cyanosis/hypoxaemia due to insufficient pulmonary blood flow, cardiogenic shock due to insufficient systemic blood flow, or both. The team start CPR, and this is emergently converted to extra-corporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation via the open sternotomy wound.

Operations 128

Operations Research Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Hospitals 128

ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

1 Overall, survival is poor following cardiac arrest, and is affected by factors including age, comorbidities, witnessed arrest, early CPR, early defibrillation, and return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). Improvement of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rate after implementation of the 2010 resuscitation guidelines.

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Resuscitation Hospitals Shock CPR 52

PHEM Cast

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

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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CPR Resuscitation Operations Shock 52

Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Common causes include central venous catheterization (subclavian or internal jugular), lung biopsy, barotrauma from PPV, thoracentesis, bronchoscopy, pacemaker insertion, CPR, and intercostal nerve block [12, 14]. J Emerg Trauma Shock. Management of spontaneous pneumothorax: British Thoracic Society Pleural Disease Guideline 2010.

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Fractures COPD Hospitals Emergency Department 96