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Symptomatic Bradycardia: The Epinephrine Era Ends

Handtevy

It’s official: the 2025 ILCOR Pediatric Life Support guidelines have removed the recommendation to administer cardiac arrest dose epinephrine for symptomatic bradycardia in children. Hallelujah For years, the use of epinephrine in bradycardic pediatric patients receiving CPR has been embedded in resuscitation algorithms.

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How Much Does CPR Training Cost?

NHCPS Save a Life

In the United States alone, over 350,000 cardiac arrests happen outside of hospitals each year, with nearly three-quarters occurring at […] The post How Much Does CPR Training Cost? appeared first on SaveaLife.com.

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Airway Considerations in Prehospital Cardiac Arrest

ACEP Now

It is historically the “definitive airway” and, in the setting of cardiac arrest, a successfully placed and confirmed endotracheal tube connected to a well-managed ventilator removes the bulk of airway and breathing concerns from the Basic Life Support (BLS)/ Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) algorithms.

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Simulation Training as a Strategy for Workforce Retention in EMS

JEMS

1 The author’s employer, a Michigan-based life support agency, further represents clinician shortages, experiencing only a 70% retention rate of EMTs and a 77% retention rate of paramedics. 2 Life support agency executives must overcome these challenges through the implementation of a strong retention plan.

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PA Fire Department, Children’s Hospital Partner for Pediatric EMS Training

JEMS

Moreno/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS) Sarah Gantz – The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA — CPR can be lifesaving when a baby stops breathing — but only if it’s done properly. If they’re not getting high quality CPR, none of those things are going to work.” For that reason, a central focus of the training is CPR for children.

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repost this one as QRS distortion

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The QRS proves it. Posted by Steve Smith at 6:29 AM Email This BlogThis! .

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Using Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as Life-Sustaining Therapy

ACEP Now

Finally, although intubated patients typically require sedation and patients with significant vasopressor support tend to be quite debilitated, ECMO patients can be completely alert and even relatively robust. The race to reinvent CPR. link] Published on July 19, 2016. Accessed January 10, 2025. Wrisinger WC, Thompson SL.