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The ECLS-SHOCK Trial: ECPR in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock

RebelEM

Background: Cardiogenic shock develops in up to 10% of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and carries a 30 day mortality rate around 50%. Extracorporeal Life Support in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock. to 1.03) Poor Neurologic Outcome (CPC 3 or 4): 24.8% to 1.03) Poor Neurologic Outcome (CPC 3 or 4): 24.8%

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SGEM#392: Shock Me – Double Sequential or Vector Change for OHCAs with Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

He confirms pulselessness, initiates CPR, gets a colleague to call 911, and intubates the patient on the floor. Intervention: * Vector Change Defibrillation: Pads are placed in an anterior-posterior pad placement after standard anterior-anterior configuration following the third shock with standard defibrillation.

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Behind the Technology: How Lifepak AED Defibrillators Save Lives

AED Leader

The Role of AEDs in Sudden Cardiac Arrest AEDs are portable electronic devices designed to deliver an electric shock to the heart and restore its rhythm during SCA. AEDs analyze the heart’s rhythm and determine whether a shock is needed. Quick Shock Technology Time is of the essence in a sudden cardiac arrest situation.

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Trends in survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with a shockable rhythm and its association with bystander resuscitation: a retrospective study

Emergency Medicine Journal

Inclusion criteria were non-traumatic cardiac arrests treated with at least one external electric shock with an automated external defibrillator from the basic life support team and resuscitated by a physician-staffed ALS team. Primary outcome was survival at hospital discharge with a good neurological outcome.

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Why is defibrillation important

AED Leader

Why is defibrillation important Defibrillation is the process of delivering an electrical shock to a person experiencing life-threatening heart rhythms, like ventricular fibrillation (VF) or pulseless ventricular tachycardia. The defibrillator administers a shock measured in joules to the heart at precisely the right moment.

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The Latest in Critical Care, 1/29/24 (Issue #27)

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Epinephrine remains the drug of choice during CPR Epinephrine remains the first-line therapy for cardiac arrest due to non-shockable rhythms (i.e., No new evidence arose to alter the usual schedule of administering 1 mg epinephrine as quickly as possible, then every 3 to 5 minutes while CPR is ongoing. PEA and asystole).

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Top 10 Reasons to Choose the Philips HeartStart OnSite AED M5066A

AED Leader

The HeartStart OnSite AED boasts a quick start-up time and delivers a shock within eight seconds if it detects a shockable rhythm. Smart CPR Guidance Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a critical component of saving a life during a cardiac arrest.

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