The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Date: December 6th , 2018 Reference: Perkins et al. A Randomized Trial of Epinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Date: December 6th , 2018 Reference: Perkins et al. A Randomized Trial of Epinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. JAMA 2009, Hagihara et al. JAMA 2012 and Cournoyer et al.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

[display_podcast] Date: September 19th, 2017 Reference: Cournoyer et al. Prehospital advanced cardiac life support for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a cohort study. display_podcast] Date: September 19th, 2017 Reference: Cournoyer et al. JAMA 2009 * Jacobs et al. Resuscitation 2011 * Hagihara et al.

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NAEMSP

JANUARY 5, 2023

Background Despite conflicting literature to support some pharmacological therapies in out of hospital cardiac arrest, the American Heart Association (AHA) currently recommends obtaining vascular access intravenously or intraosseously in cardiac arrest. [1] 1] Table from Hamam et al. 9] Figure from Clemency et al. minutes). [5]

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AAEM RSA

AUGUST 27, 2020

Nielsen N, Wetterslev J, Cronberg T et al. By the time of the study by Nielsen et al. 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. Kirkegaard H, Soreide E, de Haas, I et al.

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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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