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Why the interest in pre-hospital? Why not?!

Mind The Bleep

Im currently in my third year of working in a rural district general hospital Accident and Emergency Department, and one of the things that has struck me most is the use of pre-hospital medicine. Ive always had a keen interest in pre-hospital medicine. Enter Nith Inshore Rescue!

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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. Reassess again after another 30s.

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Podcast: ECPR

PEMBlog

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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AHA and Red Cross Life Support Certifications Should Both Be Accepted

ACEP Now

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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The ‘Hidden C’

Don't Forget the Bubbles

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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Gender-focused training improves leadership of female medical students: A randomised trial

SheMD

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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Learning about human factors in the emergency department

Don't Forget the Bubbles

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.