by Michael Woo, Elizabeth Lalande, Shahbaz Syed | May 16, 2019 | Featured, Ultrasound
Sudden cardiac arrest represents a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Over 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) occur annually in the United States, with resuscitative efforts extending into the Emergency Department (ED)...
by Justin Godbout, Richard Hoang, Shankar Sethuraman | Mar 14, 2019 | cardiac arrest, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Pre-Hospital, Resuscitation
Mechanical CPR is a technology whereby a machine performs chest compressions in place of a human provider. These devices are becoming increasingly prevalent in the prehospital and in-hospital arenas, and it is inevitable that healthcare providers will interact with...
by Nick Costain, Robert Suttie | Apr 12, 2018 | cardiac arrest, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Trauma
The management of traumatic cardiac arrest differs significantly from the management of medical cardiac arrest, however the management is often lumped together. In this weeks Grand Rounds summary Dr. Nicholas Costain takes us through some controversies in the...
by Hans Rosenberg | Mar 19, 2018 | Cardiology, Full Article, Journal Club, Resuscitation
Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 3.5/5 Cournoyer A, et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2017 Sep;24(9):1100-1109. Question and Methods: Retrospective observational cohort study to evaluate if the addition ACLS to BLS during EMS management for...
by Lauren Lacroix, Richard Hoang | Dec 21, 2017 | cardiac arrest, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Most Viewed
According to the AHA guidelines, in 2016 the annual incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in the US was roughly 360,000 and was 209,000 for in-hospital cardiac arrest. In Canada, we see 40,000 OHCA per year (Mozaffarian 2016). Data from the ROC Epistry...
