REBEL EM

JUNE 14, 2023

to 0.5mg (1mg/mL) IV Bolus: 5 to 20mcg (10mcg/mL) IV Infusion: 1 to 20mcg/min If Poor Response to Conventional Therapy Consider Epinephrine 100mcg IV bolus Norepinephrine infusion 0.1mcg/kg/min Vasopressin 0.01

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REBEL EM

DECEMBER 5, 2023

How Long Should We Monitor After Giving IM Epinephrine for Anaphylaxis? Bottom Line Up Top: After prompt recognition and appropriate treatment with IM epinephrine, the risk of biphasic reactions are exceedingly low. At the time of discharge, appropriate patient education and prescriptions for IM epinephrine are essential.

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ACEP Now

JANUARY 5, 2025

6 Apply direct pressure to the bleeding site with gauze soaked in TXA and epinephrine as a first-line intervention. 7 Epinephrine acts as a local vasoconstrictor, aiding hemostasis, and TXA helps to stabilize clot formation on the exposed tissue and delay hemorrhage progression.

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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. You are the first provider on scene with Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and start high-quality Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). Date: December 6th , 2018 Reference: Perkins et al.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 9, 2021

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? first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 8, 2021

He is an EMS medical director with Lexington Fire/EMS as well as the AMR/NASCAR […] The post SGEM#329: Will Corticosteroids Help if…I Will Survive a Cardiac Arrest? He is an EMS medical director with Lexington Fire/EMS as well as the AMR/NASCAR Safety Team. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine.

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International Journal of Paramedicine

APRIL 16, 2025

This observational study aims to describe the usage of vasopressors by EMS, and to assess how vasopressor usage differs between transport and hospital environments. Epinephrine was administered to 163 (13.4%) patients. In total, 505 (41.7%) of patients received multiple vasopressors during EMS transport.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

JULY 3, 2018

In anticipation of EM Cases Episode 112 on Tachydysrhthmias with Amal Mattu and Paul Dorion, Melanie Baimel tells her Best Case Ever of a previously healthy young man who presents in refractory ventricular fibrillation after receiving multiple single shocks, ongoing chest compressions, several rounds of epinephrine, amiodarone and dual sequence defibrillation (..)

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Case: You are the Chief of your local Fire and EMS Department, and an individual contacts you saying […] The post SGEM#380: OHCAs Happen and You’re Head Over Heels – Head Elevated During CPR? Head and thorax elevation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation using circulatory adjuncts is associated with improved survival.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Case: An EMS crew arrives at the home of a 68-year-old suffering from a witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Intraosseous access is quickly obtained, and a dose of epinephrine is provided. JAMA 2021 This was an SGEM Journal Club and all the slides from the presentation can be downloaded using this LINK.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 31, 2020

She is the host of EM Bootcamp in Las Vegas, as well as a usual speaker and faculty member for The Center for Continuing Medical Education (CCME). She is the host of EM Bootcamp in Las Vegas, as well as a usual speaker and faculty member for The Center for Continuing Medical Education ( CCME ). Reference: Vent et al. lumbar punctures).

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Emergency Medicine Cases

OCTOBER 22, 2019

We discuss that the palpation technique is poor at determining whether or not a patient has a pulse, that the POCUS pulse is more accurate and as rapid compared to the palpation technique at determining whether or not a patient has a pulse, the difference between true PEA arrest, PseudoPEA and PREM, why epinephrine may be harmful in PEA, Weingart's (..)

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Emergency Medicine Cases

JANUARY 18, 2022

The post EM Quick Hits 35 – 10 Best Papers of 2021, Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, Crashing Asthmatic, Febrile Neutropenia, Anaphylaxis update appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 19, 2024

Soak the gauze with epinephrine (1:10,000) or TXA (our THIRD route of administration) Apply pressure laterally to the tonsillar fossa with the gauze covered Magill forceps. The post Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage: ReBaked Morsel appeared first on Pediatric EM Morsels. Don’t await for fancy meds to arrive from pharmacy.

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ESO

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Earlier in the year, we released the 2024 ESO EMS, Fire Service, and Hospital Trend Reports , which forecasted the trends ESO experts believed would shape each industry. With contributions from over 2,700 EMS agencies, fire departments, and hospitals across the U.S., This year, we released When Do Minutes Matter?

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Emergency Medicine Cases

MAY 24, 2022

In this first part of our 2-part series on Cardiac Arrest Controversies Rob Simard, Bourke Tillman, Sara Gray and Scott Weingart discuss with Anton how best to ensure high quality chest compressions, the pros and cons of mechanical CPR, the literature on dual sequential defibrillation and optimizing pad placement, epinephrine vs vasopressin, amiodarone (..)

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REBEL EM

JUNE 8, 2023

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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REBEL EM

OCTOBER 11, 2023

” If the patient has compromise to airway, breathing or circulation, they should get immediate epinephrine. In anaphylaxis, think, “If A, B or C, give E.” D-dimer can effectively rule out a larger portion of low risk patients if age adjustment or the YEARS criteria are employed.

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EMDocs

MARCH 9, 2024

1: Epinephrine or Airway First in OHCA? Spoon Feed In adults presenting to EMS after OHCA, those receiving epinephrine prior to advanced airway management (AAM = supraglottic airway, SGA, or endotracheal tube) experienced better outcomes and prehospital ROSC than those receiving AAM before epinephrine. JAMA Netw Open.

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Handtevy

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Yet at the same time, despite a large-scale Holmberg study involving over 6,000 patients suggesting potential harm, epinephrine remained part of the pediatric symptomatic bradycardia protocol. EMS is a unique subspecialty within medicine, and we owe it to our patientsand to ourselvesto dig deeper. By now, you can see the pattern.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Most emergency drugs except for amiodarone and succinylcholine are based on ideal body weight [Emergency Medical Services for Children, Luten 2007] Epinephrine, dopamine, fentanyl, ketamine based on what child should weigh. 2020) The Times & Tapes Are a-Changin’: The Latest Broselow-Luten Tape for EMS , EMS World.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

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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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 25, 2024

EMS arrived and found him in Ventricular Fibrillation (VF). After 1 mg of epinephrine they achieved ROSC. Total prehospital meds were epinephrine 1 mg x 3, amiodarone 300 mg and 100 mL of 8.4% This patient was witnessed by bystanders to collapse. They started CPR. He was defibrillated into VT. sodium bicarbonate.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Case: You are the medical director of an EMS system in a large city deciding on whether to respond to all out of hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) with ACLS capabilities, or if resources should be directed to those candidates for extracorporeal CPR. You need to recognize an arrest and activate your EMS system. vs. 66.8%, p=0.73).

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

APRIL 4, 2020

Date: April 4th, 2020 It has been just over a year since Dr. Salim Razaie (REBEL EM) and I stepped into the ring for a boxing matched theme debate in Sydney, Australia. Date: April 4th, 2020 It has been just over a year since Dr. Salim Razaie ( REBEL EM) and I stepped into the ring for a boxing matched theme debate in Sydney, Australia.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

He is also part of REBEL EM, The Teaching Course, […] The post SGEM#188: Icatibant Bites the Dust – For ACE-I Induced Angioedema first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. He is also part of REBEL EM , The Teaching Course , EMRAP and CoreEM. display_podcast] Date: September 12th, 2017 Reference: Sinert et al.

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The Overrun Podcast

MAY 23, 2019

Dan recaps the MD1 EMS Conference and shares what he learned from a room full of EM/EMS physicians speaking to EMS clinicians! link] Ultrasound in Cardiac Arrest: [link] Happy EMS Week! We're heading to the MD1/EMS and Disaster Medicine Fellowship Conference at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center!

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JUNE 24, 2017

His background includes working as a Research Assistant with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Professor at Fanshawe College and currently, Superintendent of Education for Middlesex-London EMS, in London, Ontario, Canada. By-standard CPR is started and EMS is called. They arrive quickly and take over the resuscitation.

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EMDocs

APRIL 10, 2024

Authors: Alex Rogers, MD (EM Resident Physician, Christus Spohn/Texas A&M University School of Medicine, Corpus Christi, TX); J.D. 1,2] Consider using a physiological marker to help identify inadvertent vascular injection, such as epinephrine. [3] If epinephrine is used, small initial doses ( <1 ug/kg) are preferred.

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REBEL EM

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

PMID 18768946 Post Created By: Anand Swaminathan MD, MPH (Twitter @EMSwami ) Post Peer Reviewed By: Salim Rezaie MD (Twitter @SRRezaie) The post REBEL Core Cast 108.0 – Angioedema appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

APRIL 20, 2021

In Part 1 of our 2-part series on bradycardia and bradydysrhythmias we discussed a practical approach with electrophysiologist Paul Dorian and EM doc Tarlan Hedayati. In this, part 2, we discuss details of treatment. We answer questions such as: When should pacing be prioritized over medications and vice versa?

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REBEL EM

APRIL 29, 2024

In cardiac arrest, a delay in IV access subsequently results in a delay in epinephrine administration. Rezaie, MD (Twitter/X: @srrezaie ) The post Don’t Forget About the IO in the Critically Ill Patient appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog.

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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. 5 More recent literature defines “refractory” as VT or VF that is persistent or recurrent despite three shocks from a defibrillator, three rounds of epinephrine, and use of an antiarrhythmic (i.e.,

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 2, 2024

link] __ Case continued There was hypotension, initially controlled with an epinephrine infusion. Patient received 11 shocks by ICD and was in V-fib when EMS arrived. It is not yet available, but this is your way to get on the list. Finally , the pacer is a biventricular pacer for " CRT = cardiac resynchronization therapy."

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The Overrun Podcast

MARCH 28, 2021

For most places in EMS, how we treat cardiac arrests in adults is drastically different than how we do it in pediatric patients. And the results show it. Ed and Dan sit down with Dr. Peter Antevy and talk about how we can do better with pediatric arrests. On another note, go to [link] to see the talk that inspired this episode.

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REBEL EM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

PMID: 35917866 [ Access on Read by QxMD ] For More Thoughts on This Topic Checkout: REBEL Cast Ep106: The COCA Trial – Calcium in Cardiac Arrest Post Peer Reviewed By: Anand Swaminathan, MD (Twitter: @EMSwami ) The post COCA Trial Follow-Up: Calcium vs Placebo on Long-Term Outcomes of OHCA appeared first on REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog.

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Handtevy

APRIL 10, 2019

On-scene EMS resuscitation. The AHA recently released guidelines targeting 1 minute for arrest recognition and 2 minutes for hands-on-chest in high performing systems, yet EMS agencies have yet to incorporate these metrics into their cardiac arrest CQI processes. Bystander CPR, 2. Telephone CPR (T-CPR), and 3.

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