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Therapeutics: Pacing Through Skin and Vein

Taming the SRU

In these patients, with a heart rate less than 50 beats per minute, initiate advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) bradycardia algorithm. Anteroposterior pacer pad position is more likely to capture than anterolateral for transcutaneous cardiac pacing.” Transvenous Cardiac Pacemaker Educational Resource.

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Airway POCUS | ECPR vs. ACLS

JournalFeed

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of May 2-6th,2022. ECPR vs. ACLS Spoon Feed: Early extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR, aka ECMO) was not superior to standard advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) for 180-day survival with good neurological outcome, but there may be a silver lining.

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AHA and Red Cross Life Support Certifications Should Both Be Accepted

ACEP Now

For decades, only one major organization—the American Heart Association (AHA)—provided standardized training and certifications in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).

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ToxCard: Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity

EMDocs

Supportive care includes: protecting the airway if necessary, supplemental oxygen if needed, and vasopressor support if the patient is hypotensive. For patients who in cardiac arrest standard Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) should be initiated. McGraw Hill; 2022. J Med Toxicol.

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POCUS findings of hemodynamically unstable PE with cardiac arrest

EMDocs

Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) had been initiated and on arrival at the ED, the patient was found to have Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA). Introduction to Bedside Ultrasound, iBook Ch 2, Basic Cardiac, Pg 27. Just the facts: point-of-care ultrasound in cardiac arrest. 2022 Sep;24(6):579-581.