CPR, Documentation/Coding and Emergency Department

Learning about human factors in the emergency department

Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 10, 2023

You’re in the paediatric emergency department, typing some notes for the child you’ve just discharged. Then you hear the words coming out of the speaker, “ Paediatric code black. Paediatric code black ”. You’ve heard the phrase code black before – it’s a traumatic cardiac arrest. They’re getting CPR.

Emergency Department

Emergency Department Resuscitation Documentation/Coding Teamwork

Case Report: Coronary Vasospasm-Induced Cardiac Arrest

ACEP Now

DECEMBER 6, 2024

After resuming CPR and administering an additional 400 mcg IV NTG, the patient achieved return of spontaneous circulation with sinus tachycardia. This case report documents the first known instance of using NTG during an emergency department resuscitation to treat a patient in cardiac arrest due to severe coronary artery vasospasm.

Resuscitation

Resuscitation EKG/ECG Documentation/Coding COPD

Cervical Spine Imaging in Kids – the PECARN rule

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 19, 2024

PECARN prediction rule for cervical spine imaging of children presenting to the emergency department with blunt trauma: a multicentre prospective observational study. A proportion of the patients who were initially missed using the CDR were found to actually have risk factors documented in EMS reports or the medical record.

CPR

CPR Research Documentation/Coding Outcomes

Grand Rounds Recap 9.6.23

Taming the SRU

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

ETT onto a fiberoptic scope.

CPR

CPR Burns Airway Management Wellness

Episode 26 – Blunt Cardiac Injury: Emergency Department Diagnosis and Management (Trauma CME)

EB Medicine

MARCH 1, 2019

This month, after a few months of primarily medical topics, we’re talking trauma, specifically Blunt Cardiac Injury: Emergency Department Diagnosis and Management. Post opiate hypotension in prehospital trauma patients is a rare but documented complication. Ann Emerg Med. Prospective; 333 patients) 73.* topics.php?paction=showTopic&topic_id=597)

Emergency Department

Emergency Department EKG/ECG Operations Fractures

SGEM#197: Die Trying – Intubation of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrests

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 2, 2017

Case: You are working a regular shift in the emergency department when you hear a code blue called. SGEM#64 : Classic EM Papers (OPALS Study) * SGEM#136 : CPR – Man or Machine? DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions of this podcast do not represent the United States Government or the US Air Force.

Hospitals

Hospitals CPR Resuscitation Documentation/Coding

Dr. Elsburgh Clarke Was Among First to Specialize in Emergency Medicine

ACEP Now

JANUARY 4, 2025

The photos that Dr. Clarke took from 19781980 provide a glimpse into working in an emergency department in the years the specialty was being established. ED attendings Dr. Gerald Whelan and Dr. Shumary Chow supervising a full arrest in C booththe main trauma roomwith an ED tech administering CPR. Click to enlarge.)

Forensics

Forensics Urgent Care Hospitals Emergency Department

SGEM#350: How Did I Get Epi Alone? Vasopressin and Methylprednisolone for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrests

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Neil Dasgupta is an emergency physician and ED intensivist from Long Island, NY, and currently an assistant clinical professor and Director of Emergency Critical Care at Nassau University Medical Center. Case: A code blue is called for a 71-year-old male in-patient that is boarding in the emergency department (ED).

Advances Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Advances Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Hospitals Emergency Department Resuscitation

Cardiac Rhythms/ECG Module

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JULY 26, 2023

Prioritise listening to the first 30 minutes which given a good overview of aetiology and treatment (53 mins) Basics of cardiac rhythm problems in the ED Palpitations are a common reason for children to present to the emergency department, the majority of these will be benign from a cardiac perspective and instead related to stress or anxiety.

EKG/ECG

EKG/ECG Hospitals Shock Documentation/Coding

SGEM#275: 10th Avenue Freeze Out – Therapeutic Hypothermia after Non-Shockable Cardiac Arrest

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

Laura Melville ( @lmelville535 ) is an emergency physician in Brooklyn, New York, is a part of the New York ACEP Research Committee, ALL NYC EM, and is the NYP-Brooklyn Methodist Resident Research Director. Case: A 59-year-old woman comes is brought into your emergency department (ED) by EMS in cardiac arrest. What do you say?

Hyperthermia / Hypothermia

Hyperthermia / Hypothermia EMS Research Documentation/Coding

Extreme shock and cardiac arrest in COVID patient

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

A Rising Troponin That afternoon, he complained of increased shortness of breath and was noted to have oxygen saturations in the 70s, prompting a mini code to be called. He underwent CPR, and regained a pulse after epinephrine, with an organized narrow complex rhythm at 140, but still with severe shock.

Shock

Shock EKG/ECG Outcomes Hospitals

Oxygen Powered Resuscitators

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

In fact, the pressure delivered was limited to ~50 cm/H2O, relieving the excess, but holding that amount for CPR. Accessed July 28, 2014 **Quoting original documents of fascinating history. Study finds EMS able to do more tasks, document better, perform physiological monitoring, with use of ATV. Grainge, C. Copass, M.

Resuscitation

Resuscitation CPR Documentation/Coding Military

Grand Rounds Recap 8.16.23

Taming the SRU

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Lane & Mcdonough Definition of an immediate whole body CT (iWBCT) scan Shortly after patient arrival.

Sepsis

Sepsis Fractures Documentation/Coding Administration

Grand Rounds Recap 5.3.23

Taming the SRU

JUNE 6, 2023

million presentation to ED’s throughout the US Usually occur due to falls Also commonly occur due to sports, MVC’s, etc.

Documentation/Coding

Documentation/Coding Seizures Psychiatric Wellness

EM Runs in the Family

ACEP Now

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Now 40, he serves as the emergency department director at Bradley Medical Center in Cleveland, Tennessee. Getting to see his impact on the community really helped me decide to go into emergency medicine, he said. They cleared the mans airway, felt for a pulse and started CPR.

EMS

EMS Emergency Department Documentation/Coding CPR

ECG Pointers: Pacemakers, Magnets, and Hiding Under the Charge Nurse’s Desk

EMDocs

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The patient has no pulse so you start CPR. However, if you want the full chart and a great review on pacemaker malfunctions, see Pacemaker MalfunctionReview of Permanent Pacemakers and Malfunctions Encountered in the Emergency Department – ScienceDirect Lets dive in. Did you guys forget theres a patient coding?

EKG/ECG

EKG/ECG Documentation/Coding Wellness CPR

Emergency Care Today

Learning about human factors in the emergency department

Case Report: Coronary Vasospasm-Induced Cardiac Arrest

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Cervical Spine Imaging in Kids – the PECARN rule

Grand Rounds Recap 9.6.23

Episode 26 – Blunt Cardiac Injury: Emergency Department Diagnosis and Management (Trauma CME)

SGEM#197: Die Trying – Intubation of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrests

Dr. Elsburgh Clarke Was Among First to Specialize in Emergency Medicine

SGEM#350: How Did I Get Epi Alone? Vasopressin and Methylprednisolone for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrests

Cardiac Rhythms/ECG Module

SGEM#275: 10th Avenue Freeze Out – Therapeutic Hypothermia after Non-Shockable Cardiac Arrest

Extreme shock and cardiac arrest in COVID patient

Oxygen Powered Resuscitators

Grand Rounds Recap 8.16.23

Grand Rounds Recap 5.3.23

EM Runs in the Family

ECG Pointers: Pacemakers, Magnets, and Hiding Under the Charge Nurse’s Desk

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