The impact of double sequential external defibrillation timing on outcomes during refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
A critical appraisal of a paper about double sequential external defibrillation in out of hospital cardiac arrest
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Podcast – April 2024 Monthly Round Up – Bougies, cardiac arrest, trauma, sepsis, race and medicine, and choosing with intention
The latest St Emlyn’s podcast with discussion about Bougies, cardiac arrest, trauma, sepsis, race and medicine and choosing with intention
11th Kongress der Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Notfallmedizin
Our conference report from the 11th Kongress der Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Notfallmedizin in Graz Austria in 2024. r@stemlyns Blog themes on trauma, cardiac arrest and research . #FOAMed
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ECPR for refractory cardiac arrest
the use of Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR) has been considered by many resuscitationists as the next logical step in the management of cardiac arrest. But is it?…
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What’s the down time? St Emlyn’s
There is one question that is always asked when a patient who has experienced a cardiac arrest is brought to the ED. What’s the downtime? (Nearly) Every team leader in
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Alternate defibrillation strategies in refractory ventricular fibrillation
Review of an RCT comparing dual sequence defibrillation against antero-lateral and antero-posterior pad positions
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JC: The TTM2 trial. Normothermia or hypothermia post cardiac arrest.
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
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JC: Finger on the Pulse?
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
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