Tag: Cardiac Arrest

Beyond ACLS: From CPR to Cath – The New ACC/AHA Cardiac Arrest Algorithm

by Scott Wieters posted July 13, 2015 No Comments

So you are minding your own business when a 60 year old patient comes in after witnessed Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA). She had a witnessed arrest, good bystander CPR and the prehospital team shocked her out of ventricular fibrillation (vfib), ...

Cardiovascular

Three Predictors of Success in Cardiac Arrest

by Salim Rezaie posted January 25, 2014 No Comments

The goal of resuscitation in cardiac arrest is to respond in a timely, effective manner that leads to good patient outcomes. Resuscitation is not taking an ACLS and BLS course and going through the motions of a code. There have ...

Resuscitation