by Mark Froats, Josee Malette | Aug 3, 2023 | BHP Corner, cardiac arrest, Featured, Prehospital and Transport Medicine
Case You and your partner arrive at a scene where a 67-year-old male had a witnessed collapse 5 minutes ago and CPR is in progress; he is in cardiac arrest. The initial rhythm is ventricular fibrillation. You continue CPR with a King LT and provide 3 shocks, along...
by Graham Wilson, Hans Rosenberg, Ian Stiell | Apr 3, 2023 | cardiac arrest, Cardiology, emergency, Journal Club, Resuscitation
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 2.5/5 Suverein MM, et al. N Engl J Med. 2023 Jan 26;388(4):299-309. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2204511. Question and Methods: Does eCPR increase survival at 30 days with good neurologic outcome in refractory OHCA caused by an initial cardiac...
by Alie Wudwud, Hans Rosenberg, Jeff Perry | Dec 11, 2022 | cardiac arrest, Cardiology, Critical Care, Journal Club
Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Kjaergaard J, et al. N Engl J Med. 2022 Oct 20;387(16):1456-1466. Question and Methods: This was a double-blind, randomized trial assessing whether a higher or lower arterial blood-pressure target would be superior in preventing death...
by Sheena Nandalal | May 26, 2022 | Airway, cardiac arrest, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Pediatrics
Pediatric cardiac arrests are rare occurrences in Canada Due to the infrequency, pediatric cardiac arrest and resuscitation are challenging areas to study so the data we have is limited in scope and quality. This is an area for future research and improvement...
by Hans Rosenberg | Dec 13, 2021 | Cardiology, Critical Care, Journal Club, landmark, Resuscitation
Methodology: 5/5 Usefulness: 5/5 Dankiewicz J, et al. N Engl J Med. 2021 Jun 17;384(24):2283-2294. Question and Methods: Open-label multicentre randomized controlled trial to determine whether targeted hypothermia reduces mortality compared to targeted normothermia in...
