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Outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in nursing and care homes: a cohort study

Emergency Medicine Journal

Nursing homes are staffed by healthcare workers, able to respond immediately to cardiac arrest, including provision of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Overall, 80.2% (n=3698) of patients received bystander CPR and where an automated external defibrillator (AED) was available, 77.7% (n=331) were treated with an AED.

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Hypothermia and drowning

Don't Forget the Bubbles

She was intubated at the scene and transported to your ED, with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed en route. Despite good quality CPR, there is no ROSC. Despite good quality CPR, there is no ROSC. Despite good quality CPR, there is no ROSC. Emergency Medical Services found her apneic and pulseless.

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Awake, and Paralysed: A Never Event

Don't Forget the Bubbles

This is referred to as CPR I nduced C onsciousness ( CPRIC ). 2021 May;77(5):532-544. Epub 2021 Jan 21. Tragically, several attempts at resuscitation upon arrival at the emergency department were unsuccessful. This article is based on: Mayberry, H., Burgart, A.M. and Kanaris, C., Intubated, awake, and paralysed: a never event.

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Hospital-administered ECPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: an observational cohort study

Emergency Medicine Journal

Methods All cases of OHCA between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2021 in the Helsinki University Hospital catchment area in which the ECPR protocol was activated were included in the study. All patients received mechanical CPR, epinephrine and/or amiodarone. The median ambulance response time (IQR) was 9 (7–11) min. –6.9)

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Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest: Pearls and Pitfalls

EMDocs

10 The score predicts the probability of survival to hospital discharge using a number of factors including CPR duration, serum potassium, core temperature, age, and suspected mechanism of hypothermia. 2,11 There are cases of patients recovering after hours of time without a pulse with good CPR. Accidental Hypothermia: 2021 Update.

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71: Should We Prioritize VV-ECMO over ECPR?

ED ECMO

Make sure to get CPR Certification Cleveland so you can always be prepared in case of any emergency. Zack invited Brian Grunau to discuss these topics as well as a recent ECPR paper out of Norway and study dealing with signs of life during CPR. 2021 Feb 10;162:35-42. 2021 Feb 17:S0300-9572(21)00077-0. Resuscitation.

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Therapeutics: Pacing Through Skin and Vein

Taming the SRU

LaFollette is an Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine at the University of Cincinnati and co-editor of TamingtheSRU.com References Adult Bradycardia Algorithm , 2020, cpr.heart.org/-/media/cpr-files/cpr-guidelines-files/algorithms/algorithmacls_bradycardia_200612.pdf. Published on November 4, 2021. EMCrit Blog.