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SGEM#426: All the Small Things – Small Bag Ventilation Masks in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

On your arrival, first responders from the fire department are performing high-quality basic cardiac life support. You continue with compressions and defibrillations and your partner places an advanced airway. The patient is a 54-year-old man who collapsed in front of his family after complaining of chest pain for several hours.

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Triple-Sequential Defibrillation: A Groundbreaking Intervention in Cardiac Arrest Management

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A recent case has highlighted the extraordinary potential of a novel intervention: triple-sequential defibrillation. This groundbreaking technique was used to save the life of a 24-year-old male who experienced an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with refractory ventricular fibrillation.

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SGEM#396: And iGel Myself, I’m Over You, Cus I’m the King (Tube) of Wishful Thinking

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

A fire company is on scene providing high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and has defibrillated twice with an automated external defibrillator (AED). Background: Airway management strategies for out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) have been hotly debated since the dawn of CPR.

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SGEM#306: Fire Brigade and the Staying Alive App for OHCAs in Paris

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

You abandon your coffee order and quickly head next-door, where you are able to start cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and direct a bystander to find the store’s automated external defibrillator (AED) while waiting for emergency medical services (EMS) to arrive. Unfortunately, most patients don’t receive these crucial interventions.

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1 hour of CPR, then ECMO circulation, then successful defibrillation.

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She was unable to be defibrillated but was cannulated and placed on ECMO in our Emergency Department (ECLS - extracorporeal life support). ECMO Flow was achieved after approximately 1 hour of high quality CPR. After good ECMO flow was established, she was successfully defibrillated. The K was normal.

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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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SGEM#238: The Epi Don’t Work for OHCA

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

You are the first provider on scene with Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and start high-quality Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). A cardiac defibrillator is hooked up and the patient is in ventricular fibrillation. Case: A 51-year-old man experiences a cardiac arrest on the street. He is unsuccessfully shocked.