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SGEM#394: Say Bye Bye Bicarb for Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Sodium bicarbonate use during pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a secondary analysis of the icu-resuscitation project trial. Sodium bicarbonate use during pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a secondary analysis of the icu-resuscitation project trial. Reference: Cashen K, Reeder RW, Ahmed T, et al. Pediatric Crit Care Med.

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Episode 20: Post-CABG emergencies with Kris Ramilo and Brendan Riordan

Critical Care Scenarios

Looking at the workflow of a fresh post-op open heart surgery patient, as well as what to do when it devolves into cardiac tamponade, with (returning) guest Brendan Riordan, cardiothoracic ICU PA (@concernecus) at the University of Washington, and his NP colleague Kris Ramilo (@krsrml0). Audio quality was a bit dodgy in this one; sorry all!–eds.]

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ToxCard: Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity

EMDocs

These medications are a vital tool in the care of ED patients, from simple local analgesia for a laceration repair to regional analgesia for painful procedures. 1,2] Consider using a physiological marker to help identify inadvertent vascular injection, such as epinephrine. [3] doi:10.1007/BF03161199 Olson K, Smollin C, eds.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 98: Post ROSC Mental Model

EMDocs

Check the pulse RSI= Resuscitation Sequence Intubation Hypoxia, Hypotension, and Acidosis are the reason patients code during/post intubation These patients are super high risk for all 4 Optimize first pass success – Induction agent + paralytic Unconscious patients will still have muscle tone Induction Ketamine or Etomidate at half doses (i.e.,

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Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest: Pearls and Pitfalls

EMDocs

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 blood sugar was normal en route to the ED, and his initial rhythm on the cardiac monitor was asystole. It is unclear how long he was down.

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The Safety and Efficacy of Push Dose Vasopressors in Critically Ill Adults

REBEL EM

1-4 The PDPs, phenylephrine and epinephrine, result in vasoconstriction and increased cardiac contractility. They can be associated with side effects such as reflex bradycardia, decreased stroke volume in phenylephrine, tachycardia and hypertension associated with epinephrine.

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A middle aged man with unwitnessed cardiac arrest

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Chest compressions were continued, and the patient was given 1 round of epinephrine, calcium, bicarb, glucose. He ended up requiring a total of 13 grams of CaCl in the ED to maintain rhythm and hemodynamics until our dialysis colleagues could start dialysis in the ED. We could have also considered terbutaline (start at 0.25