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Management of PEA: in need of resuscitation?

Management of PEA: in need of resuscitation?

by Bo Zheng, Alex Coutin | Jan 16, 2020 | Airway, cardiac arrest, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation

What is pulseless electric activity (PEA)? Pulseless electrical activity is diagnosed based on a patient having an organized, non-shockable rhythm and no palpable pulse.  However, PEA is not always a cardiac arrest state.  In many cases, patients with PEA have...
Beyond the guidelines: an approach to cardiac arrest in the Emergency Department

Beyond the guidelines: an approach to cardiac arrest in the Emergency Department

by Lauren Lacroix, Richard Hoang | Dec 21, 2017 | cardiac arrest, Featured, Grand Round Summaries

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...
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