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Calcium in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

NAEMSP

Association between calcium administration and outcomes during adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the emergency department A small retrospective study from Thailand showed again that there is no benefit to calcium given during Emergency Department resuscitation. Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, 22 , 67-74.

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Resident Journal Review: Available Evidence Regarding Targeted Temperature Management (TTM)

AAEM RSA

For both groups, mean time to basic life support was determined to be one-minute, advanced life support started at 10 minutes, and time to ROSC at 25 minutes. Arch Intern Med 2001;161:2007-2012 13. Circulation2010;122:Suppl 3:S768-S786[Erratum, Circulation 2011;123(6):e237, 124(15):e403.]

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SGEM#265: Total EcLiPSE of the Seizure – What a ConSEPT

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

She presents the emergency department with another seizure for more than five minutes and has not been aborted with two doses of midazolam intramuscularly.You know the guidelines recommend phenytoin as a second line agent, but the junior doctor asks you if levetiracetam would work faster with less side effects. . *

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From the President’s Desk: HEMS in Cork

Irish College of Paramedics

Crewing Models: There are varying models of pre-hospital care ranging from paramedic provision of care through the mix of First Aid (Tanigawa and Tanaka 2006) Basic Life Support (BLS), immediate care, Advanced Life Support (ALS) and the many associated specialist paramedicine grades. References Eckstein, M.,