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

SheMD

This study focused on gender differences in CPR performance and trialed an intervention to impact the leadership behaviors of female medical students. Transcripts were coded to sort data into “leadership occurrences” or “unrelated to leadership” as well as critical treatment decisions. 2019; 47(1): e8- e13. Crit Care Med.

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Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation and cardiac rhythm change over time in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Emergency Medicine Journal

Background Whether and how bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) modifies the cardiac rhythm after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) over time remains unclear. The first documented cardiac rhythm was compared between patients who received bystander CPR and those who did not, using a 1:2 propensity score-matched analysis.

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Learning about human factors in the emergency department

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Then you hear the words coming out of the speaker, “ Paediatric code black. Paediatric code black ”. You’ve heard the phrase code black before – it’s a traumatic cardiac arrest. They’re getting CPR. You know a paediatric code black means paediatric traumatic cardiac arrest. You actually run down the corridor.

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SGEM#275: 10th Avenue Freeze Out – Therapeutic Hypothermia after Non-Shockable Cardiac Arrest

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: November 6th, 2019 Reference: Lascarrou et al. NEJM Oct 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Laura Melville (@lmelville535) is an emergency physician in Brooklyn, New York, is a part of the New York ACEP Research Committee, ALL NYC EM, and is the NYP-Brooklyn Methodist Resident Research Director. Do you continue with the ICE Code?

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Cardiac Rhythms/ECG Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Low risk BRUE: Age >60 days Gestational age >32/40 Post conceptual age >45 weeks First episode No CPR given (by a trained medical provider) No concerning history or examination findings (eg FHx sudden cardiac death) Where the above features are present then investigation and hospital stay can be limited.

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Extreme shock and cardiac arrest in COVID patient

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A Rising Troponin That afternoon, he complained of increased shortness of breath and was noted to have oxygen saturations in the 70s, prompting a mini code to be called. He underwent CPR, and regained a pulse after epinephrine, with an organized narrow complex rhythm at 140, but still with severe shock. Guo T, Fan Y, Chen M, et al.

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EM Runs in the Family

ACEP Now

While celebrating Sullivans wedding, the family was at a Nashville steakhouse when someone in the back of the restaurant collapsed and coded. They cleared the mans airway, felt for a pulse and started CPR. The father, son and daughter ran to the back and started to work on saving the man, who had choked on steak.

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