The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Annals of EM May 2018 Guest Skeptic: Andrew Merelman is a critical care paramedic and first year medical student at Rocky Vista University in Colorado. Annals of EM May 2018 Guest Skeptic: Andrew Merelman is a critical care paramedic and first year medical student at Rocky Vista University in Colorado.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 16, 2024

Authors: Christian Gerhart, MD (EM Resident Physician, Washington University in St. Louis); Dr. Jessica Pelletier, DO (EM Attending Physician, Washington University in St. You receive a page for a cardiac arrest and take report from emergency medical services (EMS). Per EMS he was very cold to touch.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Case: You are the medical director of an EMS system in a large city deciding on whether to respond to all out of hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) with ACLS capabilities, or if resources should be directed to those candidates for extracorporeal CPR. You need to recognize an arrest and activate your EMS system. vs. 66.8%, p=0.73).

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Peter Canning

JANUARY 14, 2024

For all the fancy changes over the year, the bottom line has always been to provide good CPR compressions and timely defibrillation. The pediatric epinephrine and norepinephrine infusion rates have been lowered to 0.1-0.5 The pediatric epinephrine and norepinephrine infusion rates have been lowered to 0.1-0.5 mg via syringe.*

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 2, 2019

Case: EMS arrive to your emergency department with a 68-year-old man post cardiac arrest patient. Key to survival is high-quality CPR and early defibrillation. They had a difficult time getting a definitive airway pre-hospital. It required multiple attempts which caused several prolonged interruptions in CPR. What should you tell him?

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REBEL EM

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Background: There are only two interventions that have been proven in the medical literature to improved outcomes in cardiac arrest: high-quality CPR and early defibrillation. Population: Patients > 18 years of age w/ OHCA treated by 10 EMS systems in in the US. Head Up (HUP) CPR may be the next critical improvement.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 21, 2024

The patient in today’s case is a previously healthy 40-something male who contacted EMS due to acute onset crushing chest pain. Epinephrine infusion was begun. He required multiple defibrillations within a period of a few hours. An ICD ( Implantable Cardioverter Defibrilator ) was placed prior to discharge.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 6, 2018

EMS report was that the patient had unknown down time with unwitnessed arrest, found initially in VFib arrest, defibrillated x1 followed by PEA arrest alternating with asystolic arrest during transport. Chest compressions were continued, and the patient was given 1 round of epinephrine, calcium, bicarb, glucose.

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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.

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ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

EMS physicians report he was found in ventricular fibrillation. Multiple attempts at defibrillation, epinephrine, and amiodarone have been unsuccessful. Problem What is the best defibrillation strategy to treat refractory ventricular fibrillation? He was found by bystanders after he collapsed and 911 was called.

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ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2023

2 Standard management for VT and VF involves the use of electrical defibrillation, high-quality chest compressions, and epinephrine. Initial guidelines defined “refractory” as VT or VF occurring despite three shocks from a cardiac defibrillator. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a commonly encountered entity in U.S.

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ECG Medical Training

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Alongside tracheal intubation , response times , and fire-based EMS, this is one of the most controversial topics in prehospital medicine. This is important because too many EMS systems look at mechanical CPR as a way to avoid having to become experts in resuscitation or having to send additional resources to the scene.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 9, 2021

JAMA 2020 Guest Skeptic: Mike Carter is a former paramedic and current PA practicing in pulmonary and critical care as well as an adjunct professor of emergency medical services […] The post SGEM#314: OHCA – Should you Take ‘em on the Run Baby if you Don’t get ROSC? first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

JULY 3, 2018

In anticipation of EM Cases Episode 112 on Tachydysrhthmias with Amal Mattu and Paul Dorion, Melanie Baimel tells her Best Case Ever of a previously healthy young man who presents in refractory ventricular fibrillation after receiving multiple single shocks, ongoing chest compressions, several rounds of epinephrine, amiodarone and dual sequence defibrillation (..)

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NAEMSP

APRIL 19, 2023

CPR is taken over by responding crews, and he is placed on a cardiac monitor/defibrillator. After several cycles of defibrillation, epinephrine, and amiodarone, the patient remains in cardiac arrest. His family has been performing bystander, and report that he suddenly collapsed just a few minutes ago.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 29, 2020

EMS arrived and found her in a wide complex PEA rhythm. She was given 3 mg IV epinephrine and multiple rounds of ACLS over approximately 20 minutes. She was never defibrillated. This is commonly found after epinephrine for cardiac arrest, but could have been pre-existing and a possible contributing factor to cardiac arrest.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

It was reportedly a PEA arrest; there was no recorded V Fib and no defibrillation. The morphology of V2-V4 is very specific in my experience for acute right heart strain (which has many potential etiologies, but none more common and important in EM than acute pulmonary embolism). On epinephrine and norepinephrine drips."

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