REBEL EM

APRIL 29, 2024

A study by Lee et al ( 7) compared femoral CVC placement to IO and demonstrated a first-pass success pass rate with IO of 90.3% In cardiac arrest, a delay in IV access subsequently results in a delay in epinephrine administration. References: 1 Astasio-Picado Á et al. Ong MEH, Chan YH, Oh JJ, et al. Iserson KV et al.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Most emergency drugs except for amiodarone and succinylcholine are based on ideal body weight [Emergency Medical Services for Children, Luten 2007] Epinephrine, dopamine, fentanyl, ketamine based on what child should weigh. Bowen 2016] Moral of the Morsel: Weight Matters! 2012.05.028 Silvagni D, Baggio L, Mazzi C, et al.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 24, 2017

[display_podcast] Date: June 20th, 2017 Reference: Bernard et al. Circulation 2016. display_podcast] Date: June 20th, 2017 Reference: Bernard et al. Circulation 2016. Then came the Targeted Temperature Management (TTM) Trial ( Nielsen et al NEJM 2013 ). Reference: Bernard et al. Circulation 2016.

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NAEMSP

JANUARY 5, 2023

1] The Adult Cardiac Arrest ACLS algorithm currently includes epinephrine and either amiodarone or lidocaine as recommended pharmacologic therapies. al answered this question with a prospective observational study which showed a significantly shorter time interval to obtain tibial IO access (4.6 1] Table from Hamam et al.

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ECG & Echo Learning

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Epinephrine Shock (any) Cardiac arrest Bronchospasm Anaphylaxis Bradycardia (second-line alternative) Infusion : 0.01 References Overgaard, Dzavik et al. Jentzer et al. Müllner M, Urbanek B, Havel C, et al. Lherm T, Troché G, Rossignol M, et al. Gattinoni L, Brazzi L, Pelosi P, et al. Circulation 2011.

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REBEL EM

JUNE 8, 2023

1-4 The PDPs, phenylephrine and epinephrine, result in vasoconstriction and increased cardiac contractility. They can be associated with side effects such as reflex bradycardia, decreased stroke volume in phenylephrine, tachycardia and hypertension associated with epinephrine. Paper: Singer S, et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Sep 5.

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NAEMSP

APRIL 19, 2023

After several cycles of defibrillation, epinephrine, and amiodarone, the patient remains in cardiac arrest. Current AHA guidelines do not recommend routine use of calcium in cardiac arrest (Panchal, et al., Calcium acts as a vasopressor and inotropic agent (Lindqwister, et al., He is found to be in ventricular fibrillation (VF).

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