Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

James Broselow, a family medicine-turned-emergency medicine physician from Hickory, North Carolina , recognized that his team spent a lot of time trying to calculate doses of medications rather than spending their mental energy on the actual medical decisions for the resuscitation. This system has now become the “ industry standard.”

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Pediatrics Resuscitation Documentation/Coding Wellness 271

Emergency Live

DECEMBER 7, 2023

New perspectives and plans for the future of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Italy A new chapter for the IRC The Italian Resuscitation Council (IRC), a well-known nonprofit scientific society of cardiopulmonary resuscitation experts, has opened a new chapter in its history by electing Andrea Scapigliati as its president.

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Resuscitation Wellness CPR 105

Ken Grauer, MD

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

The ECG in Figure-1 was obtained following successful resuscitation. Stat Echo — obtained shortly after successful resuscitation revealed anterior wall akinesis. Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case — obtained after successful resuscitation from cardiac arrest. ( Is this ECG finding present in today’s initial ECG?

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EKG/ECG Resuscitation Hospitals Wellness 405

Emergency Live

OCTOBER 16, 2023

World Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Day: The Italian Red Cross Commitment Every year on 16 October, the world comes together to celebrate ‘World Restart a Heart Day’, or World Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Day.

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Resuscitation 105

Northwestern EM Blog

JULY 15, 2024

Initial Resuscitation in ARDS [NUEM Blog. Esposito, MD Assistant Professor, Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care) Northwestern Memorial Hospital How To Cite This Post: [Peer-Reviewed, Web Publication] Edmonson, H. 2024, Jul 15). Expert Commentary by Esposito, AJ. Retrieved from [link] Other Posts You May Enjoy

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Resuscitation Burns Emergency Department Sepsis 98

St. Emlyn

JUNE 13, 2023

The events that precede this blog are utterly tragic, but from such tragedy there is hope … Just a routine resuscitation. St Emlyn’s Read More » The post Just a routine resuscitation. The AMAX4 algorithm for anaphylaxis/asthma. The AMAX4 algorithm for anaphylaxis/asthma.

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Anaphylaxis Resuscitation 112

The Trauma Pro

MARCH 1, 2024

Seriously injured patients frequently develop coagulopathy, which makes resuscitation (and survival) more challenging. This study used an adult swine model with hemorrhage and aortic crossclamping to simulate military injury and resuscitation. Half of the animals then received IV TXA, the other half had it administered via IO.

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Military Resuscitation Administration Hospitals 279

SCGH ED

JANUARY 9, 2025

Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) Flowchart KEMH Neonatal Resuscitation Algorithm: The post Neonatal Resuscitation Algorithms: appeared first on Charlie's ED.

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Resuscitation 72

Emergency Live

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The aim of the […] The post The Importance Of Blsd Courses For Improving The Quality Of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Resuscitation CPR Operations Outcomes 105

The Bottom Line

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In trauma patients with exsanguinating haemorrhage, does the use of the REBOA (resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta) device with standard care in the emergency department, compared with standard care alone, impact 90-day-mortality?

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Emergency Department Resuscitation 117

Ken Grauer, MD

JULY 29, 2023

The ECG in Figure-1 was obtained from an 18-year old woman — who moments before been resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. How would YOU interpret her post-resuscitation ECG? Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case — obtained following resuscitation from cardiac arrest of an 18-year old woman. About A RVC/ A RVD.

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EKG/ECG Resuscitation Documentation/Coding Hospitals 370

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 25, 2024

For clarity in Figure-1 — I've reproduced today's ECG — obtained following successful resuscitation of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. == MY Comment , by K EN G RAUER, MD ( 7/5 /2024 ): == Clinical ECG interpretation is a 2-Step process. Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case. —

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Resuscitation EKG/ECG CPR Shock 124

Emergency Live

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

My company AIR AMBULANCE Group, in addition to air ambulance service on Bombardier Learjet 45s, offered me another way to experience my profession: medical repatriation missions on scheduled flights. […] The post Bali-Dubai a resuscitation at 30,000 feet appeared first on Emergency Live.

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Resuscitation Ambulance Services 98

EMCrit

DECEMBER 1, 2024

John Holcomb, author of the PROPPR trial, on massive transfusion in 2024 EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.

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Resuscitation 138

Taming the SRU

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Fluid management in the Emergency Department (ED) is crucial in the adequate resuscitation of the acutely ill and decompensating patient. Patients present to the ED with hypovolemia secondary to a plethora of causessome requiring IV fluid resuscitation and others requiring none.

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Dehydration Fluid Resuscitation Administration Resuscitation 84

EMCrit

MARCH 13, 2024

People on twitter absolutely hate the concept of using a central line to resuscitate a GI bleeder. This comes up a couple times per year. I think the source of this hatred is largely two-fold: A central line alone is garbage (without a Level-1 or Belmont infuser). I'll admit that.

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Resuscitation 99

Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Although this can be beneficial initially, it also increases the risk of infectious complications and coagulopathy with prolonged hypothermia. What do the guidelines recommend?

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Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Pediatrics Outcomes Resuscitation 117

Ken Grauer, MD

JUNE 27, 2024

Despite prolonged resuscitation with multiple defibrillation attempts — the patient could not be saved. = That said, it does occur — and awareness of the entities associated with this diagnosis may be important in evaluation and treatment.

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EKG/ECG Poisoning Resuscitation 401

The Trauma Pro

JANUARY 11, 2024

They cautioned against the use of TXA in the setting of whole-blood resuscitation. Reference: Does whole blood resuscitation increase risk for venous thromboembolism in trauma patients? increase in risk. Bottom line: A lot is going on here. Overall, this is an interesting abstract that makes one think. EAST 2024, Podium paper 33.

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Resuscitation Fractures Shock 264

The Trauma Pro

MAY 17, 2024

Early in a resuscitation, we focus on identifying potential sources. Uncontrolled bleeding is the bane of trauma professionals everywhere. We’ve developed numerous techniques for plugging them up. And we have processes in place to replace the blood that’s been lost. Unfortunately, blood products are a perishable item.

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Resuscitation Research Hospitals 263

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 27, 2024

Resuscitation Plus [Internet] 2020;4:100032. Available from: [link] == MY Comment , by K EN G RAUER, MD ( 6/27 /2024 ): == The question of which patients who are successfully resuscitated following cardiac arrest should undergo prompt cath remains under discussion. As per Dr.

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Resuscitation EKG/ECG Outcomes Hospitals 113

PulmCCM

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Balanced crystalloids are considered to be probably superior to normal saline as a resuscitation fluid in critically ill patients. Based on their similarities, you might expect no differences in outcomes between patients resuscitated with LR or Normosol-R. Buffering capacity (i.e., The strong ion difference of plasma is about 40 mEq/L.

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Resuscitation Outcomes Research 95

Ken Grauer, MD

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The ECG in Figure-1 — was obtained following successful resuscitation. . = The H ISTORY in T oday's C ASE: The patient in today's case is a teenager who presented to the ED ( E mergency D epartment ) in cardiac arrest after electrocution.

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EKG/ECG Resuscitation Hospitals Wellness 411

PulmCCM

MARCH 24, 2025

An index to all posts in the series can be found here: Introduction Although cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is performed on more than 250,000 people in U.S. This results in a wide variation in practice—one-quarter of unsuccessful resuscitations are stopped in less than 15 minutes, while an equal number go longer than 30 minutes.

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CPR Hospitals Resuscitation Outcomes 59

EB Medicine

JANUARY 25, 2025

Eckler, MD discuss the January 2025 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Alkali Exposure: An Evidence-Based Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment Patient Demographics and Case Scenarios: Types of patients prone to alkali exposure Causes and scenarios leading to alkali exposure (e.g.,

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Poisoning EKG/ECG Airway Management Resuscitation 78

The Trauma Pro

MARCH 21, 2024

This can obviously be helpful if you are updating or building new resuscitation rooms. Have your contractor mock up a space exactly the size of your new resuscitation room. In the last two posts, I discussed the size of your trauma bay and how to measure it. But what about all the stuff that goes into it?

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Resuscitation Pediatrics 200

The Trauma Pro

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

If not, it may be time to terminate resuscitation. Most trauma resuscitation schemes at trauma centers make use of multiple personnel so that various portions of the patient evaluation can be carried out simultaneously. This will expedite the patient’s transfer to the OR. In principle, I agree.

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Resuscitation Ultrasounds Hospitals Wellness 214

The Trauma Pro

MARCH 14, 2024

Next week, I’ll describe my system for quantifying the space in your trauma bay and address the equipment layout in your resuscitation room. Trauma resuscitation rooms vary tremendously. Bottom line: Once again, don’t try to figure out everything from scratch if you are designing new resuscitation rooms.

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Resuscitation Documentation/Coding Hospitals 162

The Trauma Pro

MAY 14, 2024

Resuscitative thoracotomy is a (sometimes) life-saving procedure reserved for trauma patients in extremis. ” One of the most essential components of the resuscitative thoracotomy is rapid access to the chest. It remains a workhorse instrument for us today and is found in most instrument packs for resuscitative thoracotomy.

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Resuscitation Operations Hospitals 162

The Trauma Pro

AUGUST 14, 2024

Neither can playing around in the resuscitation room, unless the bleeding is spraying you in the face. Bottom line: By definition, an unstable trauma patient is bleeding to death until proven otherwise (the second law, remember?). Radiation can’t fix that. And the only place with the proper tools to do that is an operating room.

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Radiology Radiology Operations Resuscitation 202

St. Emlyn

JANUARY 10, 2025

St.Emlyn's - Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Day 2 of the London Trauma Conference delivered impactful discussions on trauma care innovations, including advanced resuscitation strategies, rib fracture management, and prehospital interventions.

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Fractures Resuscitation 67

EMCrit

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Is your mind ready for no preparation critical care? EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM.

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Resuscitation 106

Life in the Fast Lane

JUNE 11, 2023

Neil Long and Chris Nickson AMAX4 Algorithm AMAX4 is a best-practice algorithm for critical care clinicians in anaphylaxis and asthma resuscitation.

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Anaphylaxis Best Practices Resuscitation Pediatrics 145

Mind The Bleep

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Check the resuscitation status and read the notes so you are aware of the events leading up to the patients death. When you arrive at the ward Speak to the nursing staff looking after the patient to find out some background information on what has happened Review the notes especially if you do not know the patient.

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Documentation/Coding Resuscitation Hospitals EKG/ECG 105

ACEP Now

JANUARY 5, 2025

3 A three-pronged management approach provides a framework for addressing post-tonsillectomy bleeds: resuscitation, early ENT consultation with transport arrangements, and temporizing measures applied to control bleeding.

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Airway Management Operations Resuscitation Pediatrics 98

Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 28, 2023

The exact mechanism is not known… It was previously believed that it was due to rapid changes in serum osmolality during initial fluid resuscitation. Glucose > 200 mg/dL Moderate or Large Ketonuria The severity of DKA is categorized by the degree of acidosis Mild : venous pH < 7.3 The mortality rate for cerebral edema is 21%–24%.

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Fluid Resuscitation Pediatrics Resuscitation Research 246

Mount Sinai EM

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Standard mid-range size for trauma resuscitation is around 8Fr (the ones at Elmhurst for example are 8.5Fr) Pros : Large access with very high flow rate (lower flow rate if another catheter placed through the sheath such as a central line) to allow you to rapidly infuse fluids – often blood on our case, through them.

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Resuscitation Fluid Resuscitation Administration Shock 231