An overview of post-arrest hypothermia in the critical care patient.
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Tagged ‘Cardiac Arrest’
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Targeted Temperature Management
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Palliative Care in the ED
How to improve the quality of life of patients and their families who are facing life-threatening illness.
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Focused Echocardiographic Evaluation in Life Support and Peri-Resuscitation (FEEL Study)
Focused use of ultrasound in resuscitation of patients with shock and cardiac arrest has become increasingly embraced in both the emergency department (ED) as well as in the prehospital setting.
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Esmolol in Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation
Refractory ventricular fibrillation (VF) is very difficult to manage. Up until recently, emergency providers were limited to defibrillation and delivery of high quality CPR as well as amiodarone administration. However,
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NaHCO3 in Cardiac Arrest
As with all medications in cardiac arrest (i.e. epinephrine, amiodarone) the benefits of sodium bicarbonate administration have been discussed and debated for decades. While it is clear that sodium bicarbonate can play a role in resuscitation of arrest due to hyperkalemia,
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Topics in Post-ROSC Care
This post explores controversial topics in post-ROSC care including the use of NCHCT, hemodynamic goals and cardiac catheterization
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IO vs. IV in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA)
This Journal Review is cross-posted on REBEL EM.
Placement of vascular access for administration of resuscitation drugs and fluids is a common procedure in the management of out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).
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