Post Cardiac Arrest Care
Post Cardiac Arrest Care: Priorities are prevent further cardiac arrest; define the underlying pathology; limit organ damage; predict non-survivors
Tag cardiac arrest
Cardiac Arrest Management After Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac arrest occurs after 0.7 - 2.9% of cardiac surgery cases. Usually preceded by physiological deterioration but can occur in previously stable patients
Paediatric Access Options in Cardiac Arrest
Paediatric Access Options in Cardiac Arrest
Toxicological causes of cardiac arrest
The differential diagnosis of toxicological causes of cardiac arrest are many and varied. It is useful to consider the causes in terms of mechanism.
Cardiac Arrest Literature Summaries
THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA AND TARGETED TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT Nielsen N, et al. Targeted temperature management at 33°C versus 36°C after cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med. 2013 Dec 5;369(23):2197-206. [PMID 24237006] MCRCT without allocation concealment 36 ICUs in Europe and Australia n…
Ultrasound Case 060
An 80 year old woman arrests in your department. She had presented an hour earlier with back pain. You start to prepare for a subcostal view of the heart and this is what you see.
Ultrasound Case 012
54 year old male presenting with collapse while moving couch. The patient is on antibiotics for recent pneumonia diagnosis. Altered mental status in the emergency department.
Reports of therapeutic hypothermia’s death are greatly exaggerated
Reports of Therapeutic Hyopthermia's death are greatly exaggerated - are we confusing rigor mortis with a radical face lift?
We need to talk about TTM…. Again
David Denman argues that the TTM trial risks misinterpretation and could lead to a deterioration in post-cardiac arrest care. Follow his arguments carefully, share your experiences and decide for yourself.
RAGEback: Swami on Adrenaline in Cardiac Arrest
Anand 'Swami' Swaminathan delivers this RAGEback to EMCrit's Scott Weingart on the role of adrenaline in cardiac arrest.
ECMO in Cardiac Arrest
PechaKucha presentation on the use of ECMO in the emergency department for refractory ventricular fibrillation in cardiac arrest
Obedience Under Arrest
There’s a torso at the front of the queue. Towards the back of the line, patiently waiting their turn, are several uniformed staff-members. Some of them are cracking their knuckles. They mean business. Well one doesn’t, but he’s a first…