The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Date: December 6th , 2018 Reference: Perkins et al. Date: December 6th , 2018 Reference: Perkins et al. This was a before and after study to see if advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) techniques, including IV epinephrine, would improve survival to discharge. JAMA 2009, Hagihara et al.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Reference: Derkenne et al. Reference: Derkenne et al. Date: October 21st, 2020 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Justin Morgenstern is an emergency physician, creator of the excellent #FOAMed project called First10EM.com and a member of the #SGEMHOP team. AEM Oct 2020. AEM Oct 2020.

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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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REBEL EM

MARCH 13, 2023

Article : Vianen NJ et al. The search contained terms for (1) prehospital cardiac arrest or prehospital advanced life support, and (2) injuries and trauma. References: Grasner JT, et al. The OPALS Major Trauma Study: impact of advanced life-support on survival and morbidity. Epub 2022 Mar 25.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

AUGUST 7, 2023

Heart rate (HR) and respiratory rate (RR) are THE major vital signs used in Advanced Paediatric Life Support ( APLS) guidance , sepsis guidelines , and Paediatric Early Warning Scores (e.g., and two cohort studies, one performed in Australia by O’Leary et al. and one in the US by Bonafide et al. Brennan et al.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Treatment of cardiac arrest and life-threatening toxicity due to poisoning often requires specialized treatments that most clinicians do not use frequently such as antidotes and venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, in addition to effective basic and advanced life support. COR 2a, LOE C-LD. COR 2a, LOE C-LD.

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EMDocs

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Adrenal crisis is a rare but life-threatening manifestation of adrenal insufficiency that is precipitated by abrupt steroid cessation after chronic use. References 1) Liu D, Ahmet A, Ward L, et al. 6) Wyckoff MH, Greif R, Morley PT, et al. 6) Wyckoff MH, Greif R, Morley PT, et al. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol. Circulation.

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NCOAE

AUGUST 12, 2022

Here, we present them in alphabetical order: ABC – Airway, Breathing and Circulation – “This is the Golden Rule of emergency medical professionals” AED – Automated External Defibrillator – The device that delivers electric shock to the heart of patients experiencing sudden cardiac arrest A-EMT – Advanced EMT ALS – Advanced Life Support Anaphylaxis— (..)

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ACEP Now

APRIL 3, 2024

Several recent studies yield insights into this hypothesis: In a single site retrospective cohort study, Callaway et al demonstrated that TTM efficacy may be impacted by arrest severity.10 In a multisite retrospective cohort study, a study by Nishikimi, et al., Group W, Nolan JP, et al. Nielsen N, Wetterslev J, et al.

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NAEMSP

JANUARY 5, 2023

al answered this question with a prospective observational study which showed a significantly shorter time interval to obtain tibial IO access (4.6 al confirmed that injection of a radionuclide tracer injected intraosseously reaches central circulation within a time comparable to that of intravenous injection. [7] minutes versus 5.4

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 11, 2024

8 The 2023 Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) guidelines recommend the following formulas for ET tubes. Kerrey BT, Rinderknecht AS, Geis GL, et al. Rinderknecht AS, Mittiga MR, Meinzen‐Derr J, et al. Bertrand P, Navarro H, Caussade S, et al. Peyton J, Park R, Staffa SJ, et al. Ann Emerg Med.

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NAEMSP

APRIL 19, 2023

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., risk ratio >1) was 4% for ROSC, 6% for 30 day survival, and 4% for survival with a favorable neurologic outcome at 30 days (Vallentin, et al.,

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AAEM RSA

JANUARY 21, 2021

In 2010, the American Heart Association (AHA) revised the Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) guidelines to include the recommendation of using capnography to monitor end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), 1 and has continued this recommendation to date. Jin X, Weil MH, Tang W, et al.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Although historically used quite frequently, dopamine is no longer recommended by advanced life support guidelines for septic shock unless adrenaline/noradrenaline are unavailable. link] Owen VS, Rosgen BK, Cherak SJ, et al. Available at [link] Walker SB, Conlon TW, Zhang B, et al. 2021;25(1):146.

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EMT Training Station

MARCH 24, 2023

ALS Standby: The Advanced Life Support (ALS) standby model involves having a dedicated EMS unit with paramedics or EMTs trained in advanced life support positioned nearby during tactical operations.

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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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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

Date: September 5th, 2019 Reference: Dalziel et al. Date: September 5th, 2019 Reference: Dalziel et al. CPS – Emergency management of the paediatric patient with generalized convulsive status epilepticus * APLS – Advanced Life Support Group. AES – Glauser T, Shinnar S, Gloss D, et al.

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Irish College of Paramedics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

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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