Resuscitation
Resuscitation Literature Review October 2019
This week, I wanted to quickly review some of the latest resuscitation literature. Let's look at 3 studies....
Double Sequential External Defibrillation
Double Sequential External Defibrillation(DSED) is a means of administering sequential shocks to terminate shock resistant ventricular fibrillation. It...
Phenytoin and Levetiracetam: EcLIPSE and ConSEPT trials
There has been a longstanding discussion over which is the best second-line agent to use in paediatric seizures...
Capnography
Understanding capnography and being able to decipher the waveforms, can give us critical information on a patient’s condition, early....
Should we bring Bretylium back in cardiac arrest?
Following a brief presentation at EMCore Hong Kong in April of this year, that challenged our thinking, I...
Apnoeic Oxygenation in Resuscitation: Is it time?
We are finally seeing the years of airway in resuscitation dogma being challenged. The original approach to airway...
The unstable patient with massive PV bleed
The Case It was a quiet Sunday afternoon in a small ED (sounds like the start to a...
Will Paramedic-2 change my practice?
If you haven’t caught the newly published Paramedic-2 trial, here’s a brief rant that tells you everything you...