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