1. Resuscitation efforts may be withheld in any blunt trauma patient who, based on out-ofhospital personnel’s thorough primary patient assessment, is found apneic, pulseless, and without organized electrocardiographic (ECG) activity upon the arrival of emergency medical services (EMS) at the scene. 2. Victims of penetrating trauma found apneic and pulseless by EMS, based on their patient assess...

One of the great advances in burn care, developing a strategy for treating burn shock resuscitation, occurred in the 1960s and 1970s. Before this period, most people with extensive burns (!30% TBSA) would simply die within hours or, if they survived, would suffer from renal failure. Currently, burn shock resuscitation has become an afterthought that is relegated to residents and nursing staff. ...

Background—Current studies have demonstrated that applying therapeutic hypothermia for 12 to 24 hours after resuscitation from cardiac arrest improves the outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The present study investigated whether a shorter duration of therapeutic hypothermia induced quickly and early after resuscitation would provide an equal improvement in the outcomes of cardiopulmonar...

In most cases of shock reducing morbidity and mortality depends on adequate, appropriate, and timely fluid resuscitation. To develop an effective resuscitation plan the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) must consider several important factors. Currently a wide variety of literature exists on the treatment of patients in need of fluid resuscitation due to shock; however there is limited agree...

BACKGROUND Despite many advances in resuscitation science the outcomes of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) remain poor. The Minnesota Resuscitation Consortium (MRC) is a statewide integrated resuscitation program, established in 2011, to provide standardized, evidence-based resuscitation and post-resuscitation care. The objective of this study is to assess the outcomes of a state-wide integrated res...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the key factors influencing survival from cardiopulmonary resuscitation attempts and to produce a survival predictor scale for use during a resuscitation attempt. METHOD Bivariate analysis of individual survival predictors and a prospective analysis of survival based on logistic regression models. Included in this seven year study (1993-20...

Emergency ultrasound is suggested to be an important tool in critical care medicine. Time-dependent scenarios occur during preresuscitation care, during cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and in postresuscitation care. Suspected myocardial insufficiency due to acute global, left, or right heart failure, pericardial tamponade, and hypovolemia should be identified. These diagnoses cannot be made with...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency and accuracy with which cardiopulmonary resuscitation is portrayed in British television medical dramas. DESIGN Observational study. SUBJECTS 64 episodes of three major British television medical dramas: Casualty, Cardiac Arrest, and Medics. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Frequency of cardiopulmonary resuscitation shown on television; age, sex, and diagnosis of...