A quick update on an TTM2 trial published in the NEJM last month. As part of the chain of survival it’s important to optimise the post resuscitation phase, primarily to …
JC: The TTM2 trial. Normothermia or hypothermia post cardiac arrest. Read More »
If you’re an avid follower of FOAM, you’ll have seen many assertions that manual pulse checks by healthcare providers during cardiac arrest are pretty unreliable at best. The most commonly …
I don’t know if this has ever happened to you but when I was still a registrar, often I’d be in the midst of a resuscitation or major trauma case …
This is a question that we’ve addressed on the blog before and the evidence has been a little conflicting1–6. From a pathophysiological perspective the logic of using closed chest compressions …
JC: Should we use chest compressions in traumatic cardiac arrest? St Emlyn’s Read More »
I’ve been meaning to do a blog on this paper for some time now. Paul Young, who’s opinion I have a lot of time for, seemed clearly excited about its …
Ed – This blog is based on the talk Salim gave at #stemlynsLIVE in Manchester back in September 2018. The background and data below was first published on the REBEL …
Epinephrine use in cardiac arrest is controversial1,2. Despite patho-physiological arguments3,4 that it can improve brain perfusion and even that it may improve the rate of ROSC (Return of Spontaneous Circulation) …
JC: Does Epinephrine work in Cardiac Arrest. St Emlyn’s Read More »
Imagine yourself in the resus room. You’ve just got Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC) on a patient who was in cardiac arrest. They had excellent bystander CPR and an early …
JC: Do early pupil responses predict outcome in cardiac arrest? St Emlyn’s Read More »
It’s another busy day in Virchester and you are put on standby for a 68 year old male who has had an out of hospital cardiac arrest. Fortunately it was …
JC: Should non ST elevation ROSC patients go to cath lab? St.Emlyn’s Read More »
A quick journal club this week in what’s been a very busy few days. As you know we were at the BMJ Awards this week. We had a fabulous time …
JC: Bystanders make the difference in cardiac arrest. St.Emlyn’s Read More »