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Calcium in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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CPR is taken over by responding crews, and he is placed on a cardiac monitor/defibrillator. Additionally, low ionized calcium levels have been correlated with increasing mortality in sepsis and other critical illnesses in adults and children (Bora, Ramazan, Oznur, Emre, & Basar, 2021), (Sanchez, et al.,

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An EM Resident’s Guide to Basic Airway Management

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Success at intubation likely takes more time and practice than other procedures, as shown in recent research on ED residents and their success rate at intubating, measured as a function of their total number of intubations (See Figure 1). Introduction Airway management is a critical ED skill to master.

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