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Learning about human factors in the emergency department

Don't Forget the Bubbles

They’re getting CPR. Resuscitation is a team sport. Role stickers or role aprons with names on them are simple measures to highlight resuscitation roles. A study in Denmark in 2021 explored barriers to effective resuscitation in over 900 in-hospital resuscitations across six hospitals in Denmark. Ready your team.

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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. Resuscitation. Circulation.

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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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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. Meier A, Yang J, Liu J, et al. Crit Care Med.

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Neonatal Resus for the Pre-Hospital Non-Neonatologist

Greater Sydney Area HEMS

At one of our recent education days we heard Dr Mark Russell and Dr Mark Newcombe deliver excellent presentations of cases which they had been involved in, involving resuscitative hysterotomy and neonatal resuscitation respectively. Resuscitate in air first, and use higher inflation pressures than you would with adults.