Approximately 350,000 adults in the US experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Despite numerous potential improvements in treatments, survival from OHCA remains essentially unchanged since 2012. The American Heart Association (AHA) just released its 2020 Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. In this podcast, we review the key updates and recommendations that impact the acute care provider managing the patient in cardiac arrest.
You can get CME credit for this episode here!Click here for CME Account Creation InstructionsEmergency department (ED) visits for critically ill patients has nearly doubled over the past decade. Unfortunately, ED boarding of critically ill patients awaiting ICU...
A plethora of great articles pertaining to the care of critically ill patients were published in 2018. In this podcast, we review some of...
Given the increase in critically ill patients who present to the ED in need of resuscitation, along with the increase in those who board...