Reading Time: 2 minutes Do you frequently administer calcium to all of your patients in cardiac arrest? Is this practice supported by evidence? Dr. Peppin discusses the literature in this short post.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Does sodium bicarbonate have a role in cardiac arrest? Should it still be a part of the cardiac arrest ‘cocktail’? Let’s take a look at what the evidence says.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes This post discusses the steps to manage cardiac arrest patients with ventricular storm.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes In out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, which access is better, IV or IO? Does one access result in a favorable patient outcome over the other?
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Cardiac arrest in the world of COVID19 can be challenging for the healthcare workers, families, and of course the patients. Here’s our review of a recent study about cardiac arrests in COVID patients.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Does dilated RV in cardiac arrest equal PE?
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Reading Time: 3 minutes In this post, Jeff Pepin reviews the 3- and 6-month follow-up study from the AIRWAYS-2 Trial. Is prehospital endotracheal intubation or i-gel placement better?
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Debriefing is crucial to developing you and your team while caring for critically ill patients. Here are some important steps for your next debrief!
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Ventilations during CPR is a contentious topic with little literature to support one way over another, with a few exceptions. Take a look at Jeff Pepin’s overview of the best practices in ventilation.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes The standard pulse check may not be the best way to determine if your patient has achieved ROSC. Check out these alternative methods of checking for ROSC from Dr. Jeff Pepin.