In recent years, there has been intense focus on delivering high-quality compressions during the resuscitation of patients with OHCA. In contrast, ventilation metrics in OHCA resuscitation have not been well studied. In this podcast, we discuss a recent publication from Circulation that evaluated ventilation waveforms during OHCA resuscitation and the association of these metrics on patient outcomes. Can we do better?
A critical component to post-arrest care for the patient with ROSC following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is early coronary angiography. Current guidelines recommend immediate cardiac...
Recent trials have produced conflicting results on the benefit of epinephrine in patients with OHCA. PARAMEDIC2 was just published and is the largest randomized...
More than 1.5 million patients are intubated each year in the United States. In up to 20% of patients, the first attempt at intubation...