Cardiac arrest patients are as sick as they come. ACLS is intended as protocolized medicine that any trained provider can administer. However, we are not just “any provider”. As EM physicians we should be master resuscitationists. Here are some ideas to take your care for cardiac arrest patients to the next level.
- Intra-arrest care from EMCrit: http://emcrit.org/podcasts/new-intra-arrest/
- Several posts from a series from Rebel EM:
- “Hand on” defibrillation and Epi drips: http://rebelem.com/beyond-acls-cpr-defibrillation-and-epinephrine/
- A more cognitive approach to PEA arrest (repeat from previous but really good so deserves repeating): http://rebelem.com/a-new-pulseless-electrical-activity-algorithm/
- Post-arrest care – consider cath for ALL post-arrest patients, not just confirmed STEMIs: http://rebelem.com/beyond-acls-cpr-cath-new-accaha-cardiac-arrest-algorithm/
