ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2023

More recent literature and guidelines support the use of lidocaine as an alternative agent, and currently both are included in standard advanced cardiovascular life support. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a commonly encountered entity in U.S. There are some differing guidelines as to what constitutes “refractory” VT or VF.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 26, 2018

[display_podcast] Date: August 25th, 2018 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Neil Parry is an Associate Professor of Surgery and Critical Care at Western University. display_podcast] Date: August 25th, 2018 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Neil Parry is an Associate Professor of Surgery and Critical Care at Western University.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Guest Skeptic: Dr. Neil Dasgupta is an emergency physician and ED intensivist from Long Island, NY, and currently an assistant clinical professor and Director of Emergency Critical Care […] The post SGEM#350: How Did I Get Epi Alone? He had been admitted the night before for a new diagnosis of rapid atrial fibrillation.

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EMT Training Station

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Once activated, EMS ensures that the appropriate level of care is dispatched to the patient. This could range from basic life support, typically managed by EMTs, to more advanced life support provided by paramedics and other medical specialists. EMTs, on the other hand, primarily focus on basic life support.

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EMDocs

JUNE 22, 2024

A) Amniotic fluid embolism B) Eclampsia C) Placental abruption D) Pulmonary embolism Answer: A Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare but potentially fatal complication of pregnancy. AFE should be considered in a patient who experiences cardiorespiratory collapse during labor or shortly thereafter.

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Critical Care Scenarios

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Yes, temporize with supportive care while you go through the process, but do the work—find a legitimate representative or documentation of the patient’s wishes to determine what they’d want before you commit them to lengthy, aggressive life support. Emergency staff have limited bandwidth. .*

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EMDocs

JANUARY 16, 2024

Louis) // Reviewed by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case You are working in the trauma/critical care pod of your emergency department (ED). His point-of-care labs return with a potassium of 3.4 Jessica Pelletier, DO (EM Attending Physician, Washington University in St.

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NAEMSP

APRIL 19, 2023

2020), but IV Calcium is still used routinely in some cases in the critical care setting, such as congenital heart disease. The medic on scene calls on-line medical control to ask for advice, and specifically asks if calcium can be given, as she has “seen it work before” to get pulses back as a “last ditch effort.” 1639.16; p=0.01).

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REBEL EM

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

2018 American Heart Association Focused Update on Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Use of Antiarrhythmic Drugs during and Immediately after Cardiac Arrest: An Update to the American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.” Paper: Mason JM, et al. Am J Emerg Med.

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ACEP Now

MARCH 14, 2024

Thus, unstable patients should be stabilized based on a physician’s trauma expertise; whether through Advanced Trauma Life Support, Trauma Combat Casualty Care, or one’s own trauma assessment. Thick, dry, and calloused skin of a construction worker can have as much as 100 times more resistance than the previous example.

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EMDocs

APRIL 22, 2024

Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) had been initiated and on arrival at the ED, the patient was found to have Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA). There was no other known medical history, and they found the patient recumbent in her desk chair pulseless, not breathing, with a fixed leftward gaze.

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ACEP Now

APRIL 3, 2024

Temperature management after cardiac arrest an advisory statement by the advanced life support task force of the international liaison committee on resuscitation and the American Heart Association emergency cardiovascular care committee and the council on cardiopulmonary, critical care, perioperative and resuscitation.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 11, 2024

8 The 2023 Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) guidelines recommend the following formulas for ET tubes. Emergency department children are not as sick as adults: implications for critical care skills retention in an exclusively pediatric emergency medicine practice. Acad Emerg Med. 2015;22(4):431-440. J Emerg Med.

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AAEM RSA

AUGUST 27, 2020

There was no blinding for the direct care providers, but neurologic prognostication was performed by blinded individuals. For both groups, mean time to basic life support was determined to be one-minute, advanced life support started at 10 minutes, and time to ROSC at 25 minutes.

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Paramedic Training Spot

JANUARY 20, 2022

Your career will begin with obtaining a certification in basic life support, cardiopulmonary resuscitation that is, which is typically offered through the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross. The CPR course typically takes 4 to 8 hours to complete.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

To manage severe or malignant pertussis, leukoreduction therapies have been used alongside specific antibiotic treatments and supportive intensive care. Two-month-old Isla presents to their local hospital following a prolonged apnoea at home. They had a two-day history of reduced feeding.

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