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Hypothermia and drowning

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Elsa was found face down in the family pool 20 minutes after last visual contact and was picked up without resuscitation. She was intubated at the scene and transported to your ED, with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed en route. Military medicine , 163 (10), 719-721. Military medicine , 163 (10), 719-721.

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AHA and Red Cross Life Support Certifications Should Both Be Accepted

ACEP Now

For decades, only one major organization—the American Heart Association (AHA)—provided standardized training and certifications in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). Major resuscitation organizations worldwide meet in this forum to share knowledge and best practices.

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Early Modern Resuscitators

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Although told several times, the story of the development by Henning Ruben of the prototypical modern manual resuscitator, the self-refilling bag with unidirectional non-rebreathing valves which now dominate the world of resuscitation, is still not well-known. Czech Military resuscitation kit, 1969, mfr.

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Mouth-to-Airway (adjunct)

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

It is a curious paradox of history that Nerve Gas was the product of agricultural research by the burgeoning chemical industry in Germany in the latter 19 th and early 20 th centuries, and that modern understanding of resuscitation came from WWII military investigations (Edgar A.

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Prehospital Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

RebelEM

However, we might expect on-scene advanced trauma resuscitation to prolong prehospital time sizably. However, the data do not provide a deeper understanding or allow for creating an actionable plan for the resuscitation of TCA patients. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation traumatic cardiac arrest—there are survivors. Resuscitation.

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Milestones of Modern Progress in Emergency Care

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

The latter 1950s and 1960s, quested for nerve gas defense studying expired air resuscitation and modern resuscitology; developing intensive care units. To me, it harkens a new scientific renaissance of resuscitation science, emergency care, and creating systems for care. 1950s & 1960s Resuscitation Research. 10/20/2013.

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Ballistic Follies

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

It is not possible during acute resuscitation or at any time before a complete investigation, or even trial, to know who is innocent, guilty, or what occurred during the altercation. Recovered projectiles are preferably handled with gloved fingers, rather than toothed forceps that may alter evidentiary striations. Khoshdel, A. Modaghegh, M.