The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 13, 2024

On your arrival, first responders from the fire department are performing high-quality basic cardiac life support. You continue with compressions and defibrillations and your partner places an advanced airway. The patient is a 54-year-old man who collapsed in front of his family after complaining of chest pain for several hours.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 7, 2018

A Randomized Trial of Epinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. A Randomized Trial of Epinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. A cardiac defibrillator is hooked up and the patient is in ventricular fibrillation. Date: December 6th , 2018 Reference: Perkins et al. Date: December 6th , 2018 Reference: Perkins et al.

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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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EMDocs

JANUARY 8, 2024

Vasopressor medications during cardiac arrest We recommend that epinephrine be administered for patients in cardiac arrest. It is reasonable to administer epinephrine 1 mg every 3 to 5 minutes for cardiac arrest. High-dose epinephrine is not recommended for routine use in cardiac arrest. COR 1, LOE B-R. COR 2a, LOE B-R.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Prehospital advanced cardiac life support for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a cohort study. He is also the CME editor for Academic Emergency Medicine and the associate editor for emergency medicine simulation at the […] The post SGEM#189: Bring Me To Life in OHCA first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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Peter Canning

JANUARY 14, 2024

I recerted CPR, ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) and PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) late in December. For all the fancy changes over the year, the bottom line has always been to provide good CPR compressions and timely defibrillation. AEMTs may administer epinephrine IV in cardiac arrest.*

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

EMS arrives on scene and initiates high quality basic life support (BLS). One defibrillation for ventricular fibrillation (VF) is provided but the patient remains in VF. As part of their protocol, they attempt vascular access to administer epinephrine and an antidysrhythmic.

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