Greater Sydney Area HEMS

APRIL 15, 2023

At one of our recent education days we heard Dr Mark Russell and Dr Mark Newcombe deliver excellent presentations of cases which they had been involved in, involving resuscitative hysterotomy and neonatal resuscitation respectively. Airway The neonatal airway is small, and easily compressible.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

MAY 24, 2022

In this first part of our 2-part series on Cardiac Arrest Controversies Rob Simard, Bourke Tillman, Sara Gray and Scott Weingart discuss with Anton how best to ensure high quality chest compressions, the pros and cons of mechanical CPR, the literature on dual sequential defibrillation and optimizing pad placement, epinephrine vs vasopressin, amiodarone (..)

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Tragically, several attempts at resuscitation upon arrival at the emergency department were unsuccessful. This is referred to as CPR I nduced C onsciousness ( CPRIC ). Key take-home points While Ben’s case is tragic, we can learn important points about airway management. Another attempt led to an oesophageal intubation.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 3, 2023

Also, the study was conducted in a centre where clinicians commonly use a bougie for airway management. Clinically Relevant Bottom Line: Using a bougie as a safe alternative for airway management in children when clinicians have experience. Resuscitation. O’Connell KJ, Sandler A, Dutta A, et al.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

This is the fifth part of our series on "Early Modern Resuscitation." " Part I: Oral Airways, early resuscitation, and recognition of airway care. It was not a practical resuscitative aid until production could be commercially successful (~1895) and made portable in compressed form.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 2, 2019

It required multiple attempts which caused several prolonged interruptions in CPR. After the patient is stabilized the medic asks you how he can improve his airway management skills during a cardiac arrest as it was difficult to intubate during compressions. Key to survival is high-quality CPR and early defibrillation.

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EM SIM Cases

MARCH 14, 2023

After the program identified a gap in resuscitation training opportunities for their learners, she set up a longitudinal simulation based training curriculum for the learners of the curriculum, based on the objectives of training of the specialty and a needs assessment conducted by the program of relevant stakeholders.

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EB Medicine

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Thankfully, that gentleman was successfully resuscitated despite no bystander CPR, and if you listen carefully, we hope to arm you with the tools to do so similarly. These aren’t your standard arrest patients though, they typically have many fewer comorbidities – so CPR tends to be more successful.

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EB Medicine

MARCH 1, 2019

Moreover, when airway management is needed, advanced airway techniques by ALS crews were associated with decreased odds of survival. Jeff: In terms of initial resuscitation, there is an ever increasing body of literature to support blood transfusion over crystalloid in patients requiring volume expansion in trauma.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

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. After starting cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), you note pulseless electrical activity (PEA) on the monitor.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

MARCH 27, 2015

This Blog episode concerns aspects of the concept of using the nose to obtain an airway or to ventilate emergency patients; it does not deal comprehensively with all aspects thereof that a specialist might do. Few people now remember that a strong early proposal in the move for expired air resuscitation was Mouth to Nose.

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