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SGEM#453: I Can’t Go For That – No, No Narcan for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

On arrival, you find a 35-year-old male, pulseless and apneic with cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in progress by a bystander. You and your partner initiate high-quality CPR, place a supraglottic airway, establish intra-osseous (IO) access and administer epinephrine. There is drug paraphernalia scattered around the room.

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The Pediatric EMS Podcast: Prehospital Pediatric Traumatic Cardiac Arrest – Priorities for Care

EMDocs

Navy veteran, he specializes in pediatric trauma care Takehome Points Differentiate Between Traumatic and Medical Cardiac Arrest: The approach to traumatic cardiac arrest is distinct from medical arrest, with hemorrhage control and volume resuscitation taking precedence over standard CPR and epinephrine administration.

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Resuscitated from ventricular fibrillation. Should the cath lab be activated?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

They started CPR. After 1 mg of epinephrine they achieved ROSC. Total prehospital meds were epinephrine 1 mg x 3, amiodarone 300 mg and 100 mL of 8.4% This patient was witnessed by bystanders to collapse. EMS arrived and found him in Ventricular Fibrillation (VF). He was defibrillated into VT. sodium bicarbonate.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 98: Post ROSC Mental Model

EMDocs

Today on the emDOCs cast Brit Long interviews Zachary Aust on the use of a mental model in post ROSC patients. Episode 98: Post ROSC Mental Model What’s the problem?

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SGEM Xtra: The REBEL vs. The SKEPTIC at SMACC 2019

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

This is being posted now because a high-definition video is available on YOUTUBE for those who could not attend or for those who want to watch this epic match again. How the world has changed with COVID19. You can see the original SGEM Xtra post from March 2019. It has more details about each issue we discussed and our slides.

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Cardiac arrest: even after the angiogram, the diagnosis is not always clear

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

It was witnessed, and CPR was performed by trained individuals. Fine ventricular fibrillation She received 2 mg epinephrine, 150 mg amiodarone and underwent chest compressions with the LUCAS device. Fine ventricular fibrillation She received 2 mg epinephrine, 150 mg amiodarone and underwent chest compressions with the LUCAS device.

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REBEL Cast Ep113: Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation

REBEL EM

trying harder and longer knowing they are enrolled in this study) Use of two different models of defibrillators may negatively impact the internal validity of this pilot study Certain baseline characteristics were not balanced, such as: prehospital intubation and Epinephrine administration.