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Find Your Ikigai, a Sense of Meaning in Work

ACEP Now

In a 2022 interview about his performance of the yumitori-shiki, Satonofuji said, Every single gesture has a meaning, so I put my heart into it. A sense of purpose is an integral part of well-being. Hes in the zone, looking upwards to the sky or down toward the ground and without regard for a lack of an audience. Psychosom Med.

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Texted from a former EM resident: 70 yo with syncope and hypotension, but no chest pain. Make their eyes roll!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Hope you’re doing well! Here is the case: Report from EMS was witnessed syncope, his son did CPR, but the patient had pulses when EMS arrived. You taught us well!" Instead — the "syncopal episode" prompted the patient's son to start CPR, and was associated with persistent hypotension. No Chest Pain, but somnolent.

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Heads Up! There is No Association with Improved Outcomes for Head Up CPR: Why We Must Read Past the Abstract

RebelEM

Background: There are only two interventions that have been proven in the medical literature to improved outcomes in cardiac arrest: high-quality CPR and early defibrillation. Head Up (HUP) CPR may be the next critical improvement. Head Up (HUP) CPR may be the next critical improvement. Resuscitation 2022; 179: 9-17.

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Therapeutics: Pacing Through Skin and Vein

Taming the SRU

Conduction Abnormalities AV blocks, which can also be seen in patients with MI, may require pacing as well, due to ischemia affecting the electrical pathways of the heart. Bektas, Firat, and Secgin Soyuncu. The efficacy of transcutaneous cardiac pacing in ED.” The American Journal of Emergency Medicine , vol. Circulation , vol.

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'Roids to the Rescue?

Taming the SRU

The parent trial was conducted from October 2020 to July 2022 in the capital region of Denmark. It has a small sample size and may not be generalizable as it was carried out in Denmark where physicians were present on all transport vehicles and there is a very high portion of the population trained in providing bystander CPR.

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Podcast: ECPR

PEMBlog

This episode of PEM Currents discusses ECPR (Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation), an advanced procedure used in cases of cardiac arrest when traditional CPR fails. 2022; 68:133–152. Refractory CPR is a situation where the team has not obtained return to spontaneous circulation in 30 minutes. cardiac rhythms.

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SGEM#394: Say Bye Bye Bicarb for Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

2022 Date: February 15, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Carlie Myers is Pediatric Critical Care Attending at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. 2022 Date: February 15, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Carlie Myers is Pediatric Critical Care Attending at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Pediatric Crit Care Med.