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SGEM#426: All the Small Things – Small Bag Ventilation Masks in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Prior to earning his MD, he worked as a paramedic in the New York City 911 system. You continue with compressions and defibrillations and your partner places an advanced airway. Chris Root is an EMS fellow in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque, NM.

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SGEM#238: The Epi Don’t Work for OHCA

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A Randomized Trial of Epinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Guest Skeptics: Jay Loosley is the Superintendent of Education at Middlesex-London Paramedic Service. Jenn Doyle is a paramedic educator at Middlesex-London Paramedic Service. A Randomized Trial of Epinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

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SGEM#380: OHCAs Happen and You’re Head Over Heels – Head Elevated During CPR?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Resuscitation 2022 Guest Skeptic: Clay Odell is a Paramedic, Firefighter, and registered nurse (RN). Resuscitation 2022 Guest Skeptic: Clay Odell is a Paramedic, Firefighter, and registered nurse (RN). Head and thorax elevation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation using circulatory adjuncts is associated with improved survival.

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SGEM#231: You’re So Vein – IO vs. IV Access for OHCA

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

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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SGEM#314: OHCA – Should you Take ‘em on the Run Baby if you Don’t get ROSC?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

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? Different countries have different approaches to this problem.

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REBEL Cast Ep113: Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation

REBEL EM

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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Recerts and New Protocols

Peter Canning

Our sponsor hospital, like all sponsor hospitals in Connecticut, requires their paramedics to have these certifications current. 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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