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SGEM#426: All the Small Things – Small Bag Ventilation Masks in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Association of small adult ventilation bags with return of spontaneous circulation in out of hospital cardiac arrest. Association of small adult ventilation bags with return of spontaneous circulation in out of hospital cardiac arrest. Case: You are dispatched to an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Resuscitation 2023.

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SGEM#462: Spooky Scary Access – IV or IO for OHCA

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

The Paramedic 3 Trial: A randomized clinical trial of drug route in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Missy has been teaching airway management for over a decade and is the creator of the Prehospital Emergency Airway Course which is taught throughout Washington State. Date: November 10, 2024 Reference: Couper et al.

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Awake, and Paralysed: A Never Event

Don't Forget the Bubbles

A retrospective cohort analysis of the ED portion of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey from 2006 to 2009 in the US revealed that less than one-half of patients undergoing ETI in the ED received sedative drugs while in the ED. This is referred to as CPR I nduced C onsciousness ( CPRIC ). DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182713316

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Neonatal Resus for the Pre-Hospital Non-Neonatologist

Greater Sydney Area HEMS

It is a rare but confronting situation where a pre-hospital and retrieval medicine team are presented with a sick newborn. As a pre-hospital and retrieval service, it’s rare for us to even be around in the first few minutes of a baby’s life, but as our colleagues described, not impossible. Chest rise is the best guide.

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Grand Rounds Recap 9.6.23

Taming the SRU

ultrasound grand rounds: bedside dvt studies - family presence in the ed/icu - r1 clinical knowledge: aicd - r3 small groups: difficult airway management Ultrasound grand rounds: DVT studies WITH Dr. minges Why should we perform bedside DVT studies in the ED? ETT onto a fiberoptic scope.

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HR2023

Thinking Critical Care

Montreal – both at the Heart Institute (core days) and my shop, Santa Cabrini Hospital (pre/post courses). If you’re not personalizing your CPR, here’s the place to learn! Doc Procedure Course , aimed at trainees but truly good for anyone entering the hospital arena, regardless of age or training status.

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SGEM#438: Bone, Bone, Bone, Tell Me What Ya Gonna Do – for IO Access Location?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Reference: Tanner et al, A retrospective comparison of upper and lower extremity intraosseous access during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation. Reference: Tanner et al, A retrospective comparison of upper and lower extremity intraosseous access during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation. Prehospital Emergency Care.