AHA and Red Cross Life Support Certifications Should Both Be Accepted
For decades, only one major organization—the American Heart Association (AHA)—provided standardized training and certifications in Advanced Cardiac…
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AHA and Red Cross Life Support Certifications Should Both Be Accepted
For decades, only one major organization—the American Heart Association (AHA)—provided standardized training and certifications in Advanced Cardiac... -
How To Safely Incorporate Ultrasound Into Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation
Running an effective and evidence-based cardiac arrest resuscitation is a core skill for all emergency physicians. To... -
Stop Performing Routine Pulse Checks During CPR
“Time to pause for a pulse check.” Although this refrain is uttered during cardiac arrests across the...
How To Safely Incorporate Ultrasound Into Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation
Running an effective and evidence-based cardiac arrest resuscitation is a core skill for all emergency physicians. To…
Stop Performing Routine Pulse Checks During CPR
“Time to pause for a pulse check.” Although this refrain is uttered during cardiac arrests across the…
EMF Grant Helped Physician Study Bystander CPR Disparities
When Comilla Sasson, MD, PhD, FACEP, was an emergency medicine resident, she couldn’t understand why so many…
Coding Wizard: Coding for CPR
Question: Is cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) a separately reimbursable procedure? Do I personally need to perform the compressions…
Survival After Cardiac Arrest May Depend on Which EMS Agency Shows Up
Whether an individual survives a cardiac arrest may depend, at least in part, on which emergency medical…
How to Code for Cardioversion
Question: Can I bill for elective, external, electrical cardioversion in the emergency department? Answer: Absolutely, yes. There…
Mechanical CPR Devices Tied to Worse Outcomes
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Use of mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation devices (mCPR) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest was…
Use End-Tidal Capnography for Placing Orogastric, Nasogastric Tubes, and CPR
In the last “Tricks of the Trade” column (November 2016), we reviewed how to use end-tidal capnography…
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the ED: Exciting Medicine, Ethical Challenges
A previously healthy 45-year-old man is brought into the emergency department with chest pain and arrests immediately…