Cardiac Arrest in the Emergency Department: An Outline

February 22nd, 2011

Cardiac Arrest in the Emergency Department: An Outline

by reuben in .cardiac arrest
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To appear in the March 2011 issue of EM Practice Guidelines Update.

Thanks to sigrid hahn, scott weingart, kaushal shah, kit tainter, rob arntfield.

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This letter:

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.03.030

suggests that we should use pulse oximetry in cardiac arrest to monitor adequacy of compressions. The authors report “In our clinical practice, high quality chest compressions often produce excellent pulse oximetry tracings in patients with a lack of spontaneous circulation.” If that’s true, it’s hard to argue against using it.

reuben at April 18, 2011 1:29 am Reply


	patient’s chest should be at the level of the compressor’s mid-thigh. http://emj.bmj.com/content/29/8/660.short

reuben at August 6, 2012 12:45 am Reply


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