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2023 AHA Update on Management Cardiac Arrest or Life-Threatening Toxicity Due to Poisoning

EMDocs

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 No Benefit, LOE C-EO.

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Recerts and New Protocols

Peter Canning

I recerted CPR, ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) and PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) late in December. Here are some of the highlights: EMRs and EMTs may administer Naloxone IM in a dose of 0.4 The certs are good for two years. mg via syringe.* micrograms/kg/min.

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