2020 AHA Updates: Post-Arrest Care

December 11, 2020 00:35:50
2020 AHA Updates:  Post-Arrest Care
Critical Care Perspectives in Emergency Medicine
2020 AHA Updates: Post-Arrest Care

Dec 11 2020 | 00:35:50

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Show Notes

The period following ROSC from cardiac arrest is a time when lives can be saved…or lost.  A systematic and comprehensive approach to post-arrest care is associated with improved survival to discharge with good neurologic function.  In this podcast, we discuss the recently published 2020 AHA Updates to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care with attention to Post-Arrest care.

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