Reading Time: 3 minutes Patients presenting to the ED after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest may harbor serious conditions that warrant prompt recognition and management. Does a pan scan of these patients impact diagnostic accuracy and hospital survival?
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Does the diagnosis of COVID-19 determine the futility of resuscitative efforts in cardiac arrest patients? What has changed since the early days of the pandemic? Dr. Qasim revisits the topic of cardiac arrest in patients with COVID-19.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Do bigger chest tubes correlate with better patient outcomes than smaller tubes? Does size always matter?
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Reading Time: 2 minutes This post reviews the evolving technology and design of REBOA catheters.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes This post reviews the nitty-gritty of resuscitative thoracotomy.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Does the gender of the trauma team leader influence the outcome of patients who are severely injured? The answer will likely not surprise you.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes To crack or not to crack…? That is the question.
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Reading Time: 5 minutes Here’s some more breaking research into ECPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest!
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Out of hospital cardiac arrest management is complex and requires a multimodal, systems-based approach. Check out this review of the University of Minnesota’s ECPR program!
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Like all high-acuity conditions, out-of-hospital cardiac arrests pose an interesting challenge for prehospital providers. The pendulum has swung back and forth for decades, and Dr. Zaf Qasim reviews this new study, the results of which just might surprise you!