ROSC

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: 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: 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 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?

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.

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 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 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!