Greater Sydney Area HEMS

APRIL 15, 2023

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. Reassess again after another 30s.

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Hospitals Resuscitation Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Teamwork 85

PEMBlog

AUGUST 20, 2024

This episode of PEM Currents discusses ECPR (Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation), an advanced procedure used in cases of cardiac arrest when traditional CPR fails. Establishing an ECPR program requires robust infrastructure, multidisciplinary teamwork, and extensive training. cardiac rhythms. cardiac rhythms.

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CPR Resuscitation Pediatrics Hospitals 52

ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Despite the broad acceptance of Red Cross certifications by national accrediting bodies, state agencies, and thousands of hospitals and clinics, some medical centers, nursing schools, and community colleges have policies that do not recognize both organizations’ certifications. This makes the material more relevant to health professionals.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 17, 2024

In such situations, ‘soft skills’ such as teamwork, compassionate leadership, strong interpersonal communication, and psychological safety are essential. A third RCT demonstrated that even brief low-level incivility could increase the risk of major error during CPR by up to 66%. They underestimated the impact of this exposure.

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Leadership Resuscitation Teamwork Patient Safety 105

SheMD

MAY 11, 2023

In medical emergencies, provider qualities which lead to greater performance and patient outcomes include leadership and teamwork. This study focused on gender differences in CPR performance and trialed an intervention to impact the leadership behaviors of female medical students. Crit Care Med. 2019; 47(1): e8- e13. JAMA Intern Med.

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Leadership Documentation/Coding Teamwork CPR 52

Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 10, 2023

They’re getting CPR. As you arrive in resus, so too do half the children’s hospital. A study in Denmark in 2021 explored barriers to effective resuscitation in over 900 in-hospital resuscitations across six hospitals in Denmark. Barriers and facilitators for in-hospital resuscitation: A prospective clinical study.

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Emergency Department Resuscitation Documentation/Coding Teamwork 91

Mind The Bleep

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Your skills as a doctor need to be different to your hospital role or abilities. Each year a team usually reports CPR being delivered. So MRTs are so much more than an emergency rescue service. So many skills are required other than clinical ones. What illnesses or injuries do we see? What medical care can teams provide?

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Soft Tissue Injuries Seizures Ambulance Services Teamwork 52