2023 CPR Hyperthermia / Hypothermia 
Don't Forget the Bubbles
JUNE 30, 2023
She was intubated at the scene and transported to your ED, with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed en route. Still, after a quick Google search, you realise that hypothermia potently affects potassium shift from the extracellular to the intracellular and extravascular spaces. Despite good quality CPR, there is no ROSC.
EMDocs
JANUARY 16, 2024
Some authors recommend not starting chest compressions in hypothermia unless there is no organized cardiac activity (e.g., 2 In reality you may start compressions before you confirm that hypothermia was the primary cause of cardiac arrest. Obtaining a core temperature early in any arrest suspected to be from hypothermia is key.
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EMDocs
JANUARY 8, 2024
Author: Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) // Reviewed by Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK) The American Heart Association 2023 Guideline Updates for 2023 were just published. For patients with OHCA, use of steroids during CPR is of uncertain benefit. 2023 Dec 18. COR 2b, LOE B-R. COR 2b, LOE C-LD. COR 3, No benefit, LOE B-R.
EMDocs
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Author: Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) // Reviewed by Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK) The American Heart Association 2023 Guideline for managing cardiac arrest or life-threatening toxicity due to poisoning was recently released. We recommend rapid external cooling for life-threatening hyperthermia from sympathomimetic poisoning.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
JANUARY 13, 2024
Resuscitation 2023. Resuscitation 2023. SGEM#143: Call Me Maybe for Bystander CPR * SGEM#152: Movin’ on Up – Higher Floors, Lower Survival for OHCA * SGEM#162: Not Stayin’ Alive More Often with Amiodarone or Lidocaine in OHCA * SGEM#189: Bring Me to Life in OHCA * Hospitals 
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The Skeptics' Guide to EM
MAY 20, 2023
Date: May 10, 2023 Reference: Harhay MO, et al. She is part of the Don’t Forget the Bubbles team and faculty at Queen Mary […] The post SGEM #404: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay-esian Interpretation of Therapeutic Hypothermia for Pediatric Cardiac Arrest first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. NEJM Evidence.
PulmCCM
JANUARY 29, 2024
AHA Updates its Cardiac Arrest Guidelines In December 2023, the American Heart Association published a “focused update” to its landmark guidelines for the management of cardiac arrest. Patients presenting with hypothermia should not be warmed too quickly (allowing their temperature to increase by <0.5°C/hour).
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