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Medical Category: Resuscitation

REBEL Core Cast 28.0 – Conference Pearls

Take Home Points  No palpable pulse does not equal no perfusion. We aren’t great at feeling pulses Patients with moderate to severe signs and symptoms of lithium toxicity should be considered for hemodialysis Always consider serious causes of back pain ...

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ResuscitationToxicology

One More Update on Using Peripheral Intravenous (PIV) Vasopressors

Background: In REBEL Cast Episode 73, Anand Swaminathan and I discussed two recent studies on the safety of peripheral vasopressors from two large trials . An email from good friend Rory Spiegel brought my attention to yet another trial on ...

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Procedures and SkillsResuscitation

Rebellion in EM 2019: Resuscitative Hysterotomy via Jaime Hope, MD

The perimortem cesarean section, or better named the resuscitative hysterotomy, is a procedure that is performed at or near death of a pregnant patient.  Most experts agree that this procedure should be performed in a maternal arrest with a pregnancy ...

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Obstetrics and GynecologyResuscitation

REBOA Time

The use of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) has been a hot topic on the cutting edge of trauma resuscitation for several years now. But who should be doing this procedure, on whom, and when? Tissue ischemia ...

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ResuscitationTrauma

REBEL Core Cast 26.0 – Lactated Ringers

Take Home Points When compared to 0.9% saline, lactated ringers is a more balanced solution and more closely resembles our serum. SALT ED and SMART trials show normal saline may increase the occurrence of major adverse kidney events in comparison ...

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Endocrine, Metabolic, Fluid, and ElectrolytesResuscitation
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