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A 40-something presented after attempted prehospital resuscitation with persistent Ventricular Fibrillation

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 40-something with persistent Ventricular Fibrillation presented after attempted prehospital resuscitation A 40-something with no previous cardiac history presented to the ED in persistent Ventricular Fibrillation after attempted prehospital resuscitation. Finally, head-up CPR (which was not used here), makes for better resuscitation.

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The Broselow-Luten System

Pediatric EM Morsels

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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ECG Blog #388 — Why Does Lead V1 Look Funny?

Ken Grauer, MD

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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Acute Esophageal Variceal Bleeding in Children

Pediatric EM Morsels

Of course, we all have a healthy respect for post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage and we like to talk about Damage Control Resuscitation. Gana, 2011 ] Endoscopy and other procedures Currently still debated, but reasonable to discuss additional options with your friendly Pediatric GI team. 2011 Jun;52(6):751-5. Call them early!

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ABG Versus VBG in the Emergency Department

EMDocs

Trauma surgeons have traditionally relied on ABGs to assess acid-base status for overall prognostication of trauma injury severity and to screen for occult injury or malperfusion, as this might alter management and aggressive resuscitation. Resuscitation from a pH of 6.5: Lancet Respir Med. 2022 Nov;10(11):1086-1098. Epub 2022 Aug 29.

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Oxygen Powered Resuscitators

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

This is the fifth part of our series on "Early Modern Resuscitation." " Part I: Oral Airways, early resuscitation, and recognition of airway care. It was not a practical resuscitative aid until production could be commercially successful (~1895) and made portable in compressed form. Pulmotor is 1907. Beecher, M.

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Acute Hyperthermia in the Emergency Department

Taming the SRU

Resuscitation 2020. Mil Med 2011. First aid cooling techniques for heat stroke and exertional hyperthermia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Druyan A, Janovich R, Heled Y. Misdiagnosis of exertional heat stroke and improper medical treatment. Epstein Y, Yanovich R. Heatstroke. N Engl J Med 2019. Gaudio FG, Grissom CK.