Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 26, 2023

Stredder et al, Archives of Disease in Childhood 2016 we see that 58% were not asked about triggers, 30% were not asked about duration and, importantly for risk stratification, 59% were not asked for a family history of cardiac disease. Mum (first aid trained) gave back blows and started CPR. What are the important investigations?

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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. Wiley; 2016. The high voltage can cause direct thermal injuries, as well as mechanical injuries from falls or secondary trauma. Volume resuscitation in patients with high-voltage electrical injuries. Resuscitation.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 11, 2024

1,2 Clinical outcomes in submersion injuries are largely dependent on the degree of hypoxic injury experienced by the victim, making prehospital care of paramount importance. Optimally, bystander CPR, including the administration of rescue breaths, should be initiated prior to arrival of emergency medical services. pediatric hospitals.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 10, 2023

They’re getting CPR. 2016; 24(135): 1-10.DOI: The effects of aviation-style non-technical skills training on technical performance and outcome in the operating theatre. You’ve heard the phrase code black before – it’s a traumatic cardiac arrest. You know what to do, in principle, but you’ve never seen one before. Andenæs, E.,

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Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 1, 2023

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]. Trends in the Incidence and Recurrence of Inpatient-Treated Spontaneous Pneumothorax, 1968-2016. Eur Respir Rev. 2010;19(117):217-219. 2018;320(14):1471-1480.

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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). The primary outcome was survival to hospital discharge.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

If doing what was called "the one-man-band resurrection shuffle" [single person CPR in the back of a moving ambulance], this worked very well, as the bag would stay hanging there on the patient's face. These indices would have reinforced the clinical decision progress and avoided bad outcomes from unsuccessful estimates.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Roughly 30% of patients with ulcerative colitis are diagnosed as children or young adults, and this early diagnosis is associated with poorer long-term outcomes. This paper retrospectively assembled a cohort of patients diagnosed with UC between 1998 and 2016 and aged between 10 and 24. The mean PDC in the study was 72%.

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