Cardiac Arrest

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.

Reading Time: 3 minutes ACLS, ATLS, ECLS; most intensivists can recite the resuscitative alphabet with relative ease. At some point, though, we cannot save…

Reading Time: 3 minutes This post reviews the nitty-gritty of resuscitative thoracotomy.

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?

Reading Time: 4 minutes To crack or not to crack…? That is the question.

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.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Got low ETCO2 after an intubation during cardiac arrest? Troubleshoot it with these steps.

Reading Time: 4 minutes Does dilated RV in cardiac arrest equal PE?

Reading Time: 5 minutes Here’s some more breaking research into ECPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest!

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!