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SGEM#189: Bring Me To Life in OHCA

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Prehospital advanced cardiac life support for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a cohort study. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine and the associate editor for emergency medicine simulation at the […] The post SGEM#189: Bring Me To Life in OHCA first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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IV versus IO: Does your Site of Access Matter in Cardiac Arrest?

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A retrospective data review of the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) database from 2013-2015 demonstrated statistically significant differences in time from patient contact to administration of epinephrine between IV and IO groups (8.8 One study showed that average time to establish an IV in the prehospital setting was 4.4 minutes). [5]

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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. 2000, Stiell et al.

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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. Part 8: Post-cardiac arrest care: 2015 American Heart Association guidelines update for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care.

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The Science on Targeted Temperature Management

ACEP Now

1,2 However, the European TTM1 trial in 2013 showed similar outcomes for those cooled to 33 degrees Celsius compared to 36 degrees Celsius, leading to a 2015 AHA class I recommendation of “cooling between 32 degrees Celsius-36 degrees Celsius.” 5,6 In 2021, the TTM2 trial was published. N Engl J Med. 2013;369(23):2197-206. N Engl J Med.