Hemodynamics

Reading Time: 3 minutes CPVT is a life-threatening condition that results in sudden death in young children and adults. It is often undiagnosed and untreated. This post discusses the presentation, pathophysiology, and treatment options for CPVT.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Adrenal crisis is a life-threatening condition with increased morbidity if the condition is not recognized early and management is not initiated promptly. In this post, a brief review of adrenal insufficiency is provided with emphasis on early resuscitation and specific treatments.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Post-resuscitation hypotension is associated with high mortality unless promptly intervened on. Epinephrine is generally used to mitigate hypotension after ROSC. But is there a role of norepinephrine?

Reading Time: 2 minutes Can Delayed Peritoneal Resuscitation (DPR) improve mortality in trauma patients? Let’s take a look at the latest evidence.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Many patients present to the Emergency Department with hypertension. How do clinicians differentiate between those patients who will benefit from an urgent reduction of blood pressure and those who can be safely discharged home?

Reading Time: 3 minutes What’s the role of Calcium in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients? Should we give it indiscriminately?

Reading Time: 2 minutes The long forgotten Vasopressin is back in action. Is it time to rethink our algorithm of cardiac arrest patients?

Reading Time: 4 minutes In this post, Kevin will discuss the role of steroids in the treatment of patients with septic shock.

Reading Time: 2 minutes End-tidal CO2 is a very useful tool when caring for cardiac arrest patients. Many clinicians use it to determine the prognosis of patients who are in PEA. But is one number enough? Does the change of end-tidal CO2 provide a more accurate assessment of the futility of the resuscitation efforts?

Reading Time: 3 minutes For decades EMS clinicians have been trained to expedite transport to the hospital for the sickest patients. Rapid movement to transport often occurs at the expense of aggressive medical intervention and current evidence suggests that for certain patients this practice may be deleterious.