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Improving the qualities of ventilations during CPR

Emergency Live

The ventilation maneuver during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a complex intervention influenced by various factors related to the patient, the operator, and the environment.

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SGEM#453: I Can’t Go For That – No, No Narcan for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

On arrival, you find a 35-year-old male, pulseless and apneic with cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in progress by a bystander. You and your partner initiate high-quality CPR, place a supraglottic airway, establish intra-osseous (IO) access and administer epinephrine. There is drug paraphernalia scattered around the room.

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Heads Up! There is No Association with Improved Outcomes for Head Up CPR: Why We Must Read Past the Abstract

RebelEM

Background: There are only two interventions that have been proven in the medical literature to improved outcomes in cardiac arrest: high-quality CPR and early defibrillation. Additionally, there is ongoing research into targeting improvements in the interventions we know work. Head Up (HUP) CPR may be the next critical improvement.

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The ‘Hidden C’

Don't Forget the Bubbles

The Importance of Civility in Critical Care Resuscitation A 3-year-old patient with diabetic ketoacidosis arrives at your ED. While you are leading the resuscitation, one of your senior colleagues belittles a junior staff member for struggling to site an IV line. Conclusion Critical care resuscitation is stressful.

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Association of the COVID-19 pandemic with bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in North Taiwan

Emergency Medicine Journal

However, research conducted by Keita Shibahashi’s group suggests otherwise. However, research conducted by Keita Shibahashi’s group suggests otherwise.

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Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation and cardiac rhythm change over time in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Emergency Medicine Journal

Background Whether and how bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) modifies the cardiac rhythm after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) over time remains unclear. The first documented cardiac rhythm was compared between patients who received bystander CPR and those who did not, using a 1:2 propensity score-matched analysis.

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

Mind The Bleep

From an early age, I always wanted to be the person on the scene helping those in need (my earliest memory was my mum teaching me first aid and CPR- a seed was planted me thinks!). From my own experience, a vast array of medical care can be provided at events, from being able to suture at the scene, to commencing a full-blown resuscitation.