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Medical Category: Resuscitation

REBEL Cast Episode 66: The COACT Trial – Coronary Angiography After Cardiac Arrest without STEMI

Background: Post-ROSC care is a multifaceted endeavor that includes targeted temperature management (TTM), vital-organ support, and treatment of the underlying cause of arrest. One of the most common causes of cardiac arrest is acute coronary syndrome.  Current European and American guidelines ...

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CardiovascularResuscitation

REBEL Cast Episode 65: Optimal Order of Drug Administration in Rapid Sequence Intubation

Background Information: The sequential administration of a sedative and neuromuscular blocking agent (NMBA) to facilitate the passage of an endotracheal tube is a common method of intubating in both the emergency department (ED) and intensive care unit (ICU). In fact, 85% ...

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Procedures and SkillsResuscitationThoracic and Respiratory

How to Intubate the Critically Ill Like a Boss

Despite decades of experience with endotracheal intubation, we continue to find approaches to improving the process of how we intubate.  In today’s post we are not only going to talk about how to avoid post intubation cardiac arrest, but we ...

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Procedures and SkillsResuscitation

Dispatcher-Assisted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DA-CPR)

Background: The two biggest keys to successful survival with good neurological outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) are high-quality CPR and early defibrillation. Dispatcher-assisted (DA) CPR is a novel concept to not only improve the rate of CPR being performed, but ...

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Resuscitation

FLORALI-2: Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) vs High-Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) as Pre-Oxygenation Prior to Intubation

Background:Tracheal intubation is a common procedure performed on critically ill patients. In these patients, there is a high risk of life-threatening complications associated with the procedure, with severe hypoxemia being one of the more common. Development of severe hypoxemia, in turn, ...

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Resuscitation

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