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Hypothermia and drowning

Don't Forget the Bubbles

She was intubated at the scene and transported to your ED, with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed en route. Still, after a quick Google search, you realise that hypothermia potently affects potassium shift from the extracellular to the intracellular and extravascular spaces. Despite good quality CPR, there is no ROSC.

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SGEM#391: Is it Time for a Cool Change (Hypothermia After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest)?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Temperature Control After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Clinical Trial. September 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Justin Morgenstern is an emergency physician and the creator of the #FOAMed project called www.First10EM.com Case: You are working an overnight shift at a small rural hospital. Are we supposed to be starting hypothermia?”

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SGEM#426: All the Small Things – Small Bag Ventilation Masks in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Association of small adult ventilation bags with return of spontaneous circulation in out of hospital cardiac arrest. Association of small adult ventilation bags with return of spontaneous circulation in out of hospital cardiac arrest. Case: You are dispatched to an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Resuscitation 2023.

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SGEM #404: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay-esian Interpretation of Therapeutic Hypothermia for Pediatric Cardiac Arrest

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Kat Priddis is a paediatric emergency medicine consultant and trauma director at Watford General Hospital. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kat Priddis is a paediatric emergency medicine consultant and trauma director at Watford General Hospital. They started cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) until EMS arrived. NEJM Evidence. N Engl J Med.

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SGEM#380: OHCAs Happen and You’re Head Over Heels – Head Elevated During CPR?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Case: You are the Chief of your local Fire and EMS Department, and an individual contacts you saying […] The post SGEM#380: OHCAs Happen and You’re Head Over Heels – Head Elevated During CPR? Background: We have covered Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrests (OHCAs) many, many times on the SGEM.

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Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest: Pearls and Pitfalls

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He subsequently walks out of the hospital with a normal neurologic exam two weeks after admission. Some authors recommend not starting chest compressions in hypothermia unless there is no organized cardiac activity (e.g., Obtaining a core temperature early in any arrest suspected to be from hypothermia is key.

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The Latest in Critical Care, 1/29/24 (Issue #27)

PulmCCM

automated external cooling system) for all arrest patients (with any presenting rhythm, occurring in- or out-of-hospital) maintained for at least 24 hours; longer periods of fever prevention (which AHA now calls “temperature control”) for persistently comatose patients are also considered reasonable. °C/hour).

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