Defibrillator Emergency Department Epinephrine 
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
FEBRUARY 25, 2023
Case: A 6-month-old boy presents to the emergency department (ED) with three days of worsening cough, cold symptoms, and fever. Apart from high-quality CPR and early defibrillation, many other interventions we try lack a strong evidence base. Pediatric Crit Care Med.
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). You receive a page for a cardiac arrest and take report from emergency medical services (EMS). Am J Emerg Med. What would your next steps be? N Engl J Med.
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The Skeptics' Guide to EM
MARCH 2, 2019
JAMA 2018 Guest Skeptic: Missy Carter, former City of Bremerton Firefighter/Paramedic, currently a physician assistant practicing in emergency medicine in the Seattle area and an adjunct faculty member with the Tacoma Community College paramedic program. Key to survival is high-quality CPR and early defibrillation.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 19, 2023
Written by Kaley El-Arab MD, edits by Pendell Meyers and Stephen Smith A 61-year-old male with hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented to the emergency department for chest tightness radiating to the back of his neck that has been intermittent for the past day or two. What do you think?
REBEL EM
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Background Information: Double external defibrillation (DED) is an intervention often used to treat refractory ventricular fibrillation (RVF). This procedure involves applying another set of pads attached to a second defibrillator to a patient and shocking them in hopes of terminating the rhythm. N Engl J Med.
ACEP Now
JULY 7, 2023
emergency departments (EDs), with statistics reporting more than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests per year. 2 Standard management for VT and VF involves the use of electrical defibrillation, high-quality chest compressions, and epinephrine. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a commonly encountered entity in U.S.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 4, 2010
He was resuscitated with chest compressions and defibrillation and 1 mg of epinephrine. He arrived in the emergency department hemodynamically stable. This young male had ventricular fibrillation during a triathlon. On his bib it stated that he had a congenital heart disorder. His initial ECG is shown here.
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