The Skeptics' Guide to EM
SEPTEMBER 21, 2024
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.
Handtevy
AUGUST 15, 2022
Sodium bicarbonate is indicated for select patients including preexisting metabolic acidosis, hyperkalemia, or tricyclic antidepressant overdose. Introduction Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a life-saving procedure performed on individuals experiencing cardiac arrest.
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Peter Canning
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Each kit contains two 4 mg Naloxone intranasal devices, and instruction card for use, a CPR face shield, and instructions on how to access services. A recent paper published in JAMA Open Network states overdose deaths can be reduced by 37% by combining naloxone distribution with efforts to get people to stop using alone.
EMDocs
JANUARY 17, 2024
She received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and standard advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS). What are the treatment options for a benzonatate overdose? Management: The mainstay of treatment of benzonatate overdose is supportive and symptomatic care. Questions: What is benzonatate’s mechanism of action?
Peter Canning
JANUARY 14, 2024
I recerted CPR, ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) and PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) late in December. When you are doing CPR and running cardiac arrests on a regular basis, it seems unnecessary to sit through a 2 hour class on CPR and 4 hour classes on ACLS and PALS. The certs are good for two years. mg via syringe.*
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 25, 2024
They started CPR. As demonstrated by Dr. Smith in his above discussion — Application of the ECG findings in Figure-1 to today's clinical scenario ( ie, marked sinus tachycardia in this younger adult with drug overdose and respiratory arrest ) — provides an immediate and much more likely explanation for DSI than trying to postulate ACS.
EMDocs
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Opioid overdose remains the leading cause of cardiac arrest due to poisoning in North America. For a patient with suspected opioid overdose who has a definite pulse but no normal breathing or only gasping (ie, a respiratory arrest), in addition to providing standard BLS and/or ALS care, it is reasonable for responders to administer naloxone.
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