by Mathieu McKinnon | Jan 8, 2026 | cardiac arrest, Cardiology, Commentary, Critical Care
The 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) introduce several important updates across the resuscitation spectrum. Below is a concise, clinically focused summary tailored for emergency...
by Isabella Menchetti | Sep 18, 2025 | Airway, Anesthesiology, emergency, Gastroenterology
A 60-year-old male with a history of cirrhosis arrives in your ED in extremis; no vital signs, massive hematemesis en route, and a presumptive diagnosis of ruptured esophageal varices. Your team initiates the massive transfusion protocol, secures the airway, and...
by Patrick Fisk, Mathieu McKinnon | Jun 6, 2024 | Airway, Anesthesiology, Critical Care, emergency, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Respirology, Resuscitation
Your patients need you to start rethinking what you know about pre-oxygenation. The peri-intubation period is a physiologically hazardous time; when we feel forced to act in critical situations, we often try to speed things up and cut corners. We hope to convince you,...
by Nate Murray, Mathieu McKinnon | Apr 4, 2024 | cardiac arrest, Cardiology, emergency, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Infectious Disease, Infectious Disease, Radiology, Surgery, Thrombosis, Trauma, Ultrasound
Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) is becoming a cornerstone tool in our assessment of patient presentations and is helping us guide our clinical management. This is also represented in the amount of literature that has been published on the use of PoCUS in 2023. In...
by Caitlin Hutchings | Dec 14, 2023 | Cardiology, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Most Viewed
In part 1 of this series, we focused on the physiologic and hemodynamic consequences of aortic stenosis, as well as management in atrial fibrillation and procedural sedation. In this part, we will focus on the management of decompensated aortic stenosis with heart...
