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Introduction Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remains a global health problem. There is emerging evidence that the use of extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation during resuscitation [ECPR], may help to improve outcomes. Several prehospital services around the world are now able to provide on-scene ECPR. However, the early identification of patients is a key factor in enabling this level of response to OOHCA.
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OBJECTIVE: Vasopressors are critical for patients experiencing shock. This observational study aims to describe the usage of vasopressors by EMS, and to assess how vasopressor usage differs between transport and hospital environments. The information gathered in this study can help determine which vasopressors should be available in an EMS system and guide the management of patients requiring vasopressors during EMS transport.
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Chris is given the mother of all scenarios where a pediatric patients takes. well, all the medications. PLUS! We introduce the coveted DICE ROLL to spice things up! Just because Chris asks for it doesn't mean he'll get it! Luck of the draw is at play in this week's episode. VOTE ON INSTAGRAM! Chris is given the mother of all scenarios where a pediatric patients takes. well, all the medications.
An initiative using aerial drones to deliver defibrillators, EpiPens and other medical supplies to local emergency scenes has been cleared for a test run.
This isn’t a full blog post, but just an opportunity to share a resource that I think many people will find valuable. In most pediatric resuscitations, I feel very comfortable standing with the Broselow tape in my hand for dosing. If it isn’t on the Broselow, I probably have time to look it up. The […] The post Pediatric transfusion dosing appeared first on First10EM.
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This isn’t a full blog post, but just an opportunity to share a resource that I think many people will find valuable. In most pediatric resuscitations, I feel very comfortable standing with the Broselow tape in my hand for dosing. If it isn’t on the Broselow, I probably have time to look it up. The […] The post Pediatric transfusion dosing appeared first on First10EM.
We discuss the basics of EEG in the ICU, including when to do it, selecting the appropriate study, and the basics of bedside interpretation, with Carolina B Maciel, MD, MSCR, FAAN, triple boarded in neurology, neurocritical care, and critical care EEG. Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! Find us on Patreon here! Buy your Continue reading "Episode 86: EEGs in the ICU with Carolina Maciel" We discuss the basics of EEG in the ICU, including when to do it, selecting the appropriate study, and
Objectives Emergency Medical Services clinicians are often tasked with the delivery of bad news including making death notifications and informing loved ones about the termination of resuscitations. Existing trainings for breaking bad news are based around palliative care conversations in dramatically different clinic or hospital settings. We hypothesize that pre-hospital clinicians are not receiving formal training in the skill of breaking bad news and the delivery of bad news can have harmful
Sent by anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers A woman in her 40s with no known comorbidities presented with acute chest pain radiating to left arm and neck, which started approximately 4 hours prior to arrival. Vitals were reported as within normal limits except for tachycardia. Here is her first ECG on arrival: Original image. PMcardio digitized image.
The Decatur Morgan Hospitalambulance service has met its required response time for the last two quarters after facing fines from the city last year for failing to do so.
Thirty years after a truck bomb detonated outside a federal building in America's heartland, killing 168 people in the deadliest homegrown attack on U.S. soil, deep scars remain.
The union that represents Pittsburgh's emergency medical services employees has sued the city to overturn a requirement that paramedics live in the city.
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