by Rebecca Seliga, Hans Rosenberg, Christian Vaillancourt | Jan 13, 2025 | cardiac arrest, Cardiology, Critical Care, Journal Club, Resuscitation
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Vallentin MF, et al. N Engl J Med. 2024 Oct 31. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2407616. Editorial: The Way to a Patient’s Heart – Vascular Access in Cardiac Arrest Question and Methods: This RCT compared IO vs. IV vascular access in...
by Hailey Newton, Hans Rosenberg, Christian Vaillancourt | Jan 6, 2025 | cardiac arrest, Cardiology, Critical Care, Journal Club, Resuscitation
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Couper K, et al. N Engl J Med. 2024 Oct 31:10.1056/NEJMoa2407780. Question and Methods: This multi-center, open label randomized control trial aimed to assess 30-day survival in patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA) who...
by Nicholas Choi | Dec 5, 2024 | Anesthesiology, cardiac arrest, Grand Round Summaries, Respirology, Resuscitation
Quantitative End-Tidal CO2 (ETCO2) was in vogue for a while, and seemingly some centres adopted it as standard of care, while others found that it did not make a significant clinical impact so it fell out of style and left to ‘practitioner preference’....
by Mohammed Kashkari, Josee Malette | Apr 18, 2024 | Featured, Prehospital and Transport Medicine, PTM Journal Club
In this Prehospital Journal Club Recap, let us take a deep dive into the use of blood products, as well as the adjunct use of automated controlled elevation in CPR. Resuscitation with blood products in patients with trauma-related hemorrhagic shock receiving...
by William Wu, Hans Rosenberg, Jeff Perry | Feb 12, 2024 | Cardiology, Critical Care, Full Article, Journal Club, Prehospital and Transport Medicine
Methodology: 5/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Patterson T, et al. Lancet. 2023 Oct 14;402(10410):1329-1337. Patients who sustain an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest without signs of ST elevation had no improvement in mortality or functional neurological outcomes when transported to...
