Article Bites #29: Is CPSS greater than or equal to 2 a reasonable tool for Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke Prediction?
Article: Crowe, R. P., Myers, J. B., Fernandez, A. R., Bourn, S., & McMullan, J. T. (2020). The cincinnati prehospital
Article Bites #28: In most cases of OHCA, Resuscitate on Scene > Intra-arrest Transport
Article: Grunau B, Kime N, Leroux B, et al. Association of Intra-arrest Transport vs Continued On-Scene Resuscitation With Survival to
Article Bites #27: Is eCPR the future of refractory Vfib Management?
Yannopoulos D, Bartos J, Raveendran G, et al. Advanced reperfusion strategies for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and refractory ventricular
Do push dose pressors have a role in prehospital care?
In November, we posted these cases and discussion stem to the blog discussion forum and got a number of insightful
Article Bites #26: Time for a new location or Technique in infants? Success rates of proximal tibia IO placement in pediatric patients as determined by post-mortem CT
Article: Harcke, H. T., Curtin, R. N., Harty, M. P., Gould, S. W., Vershvovsky, J., Collins, G. L., & Murphy,
Article Bites #25. Compassion First: Mortality risk of Patients with Psychogenic Nonepileptic seizures
Nightscales, R et al. “Mortality in Patients with Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures.” Neurology 95.6 (2020): e643–e652. Neurology. Background Caring for psychogenic nonepileptic seizure (PNES)
Pre-Hospital Pediatric Cardiac Arrest: Should Children Be Treated Like Small Adults?
By Louis Fornage, MD Over the last 10 years, advances in out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) have resulted in
The 2020 EMS LLSA Article Summaries
The 2020 EMS LLSA Articles and test have been released by ABEM. The EMS MEd team & NAEMSP Education committee
Article Bites #24: More than a Moment in Time: The Association between Out-of-Hospital Hypoxia and Hypotension on Traumatic Brain Injury
Article: Spaite DW, Hu C, Bobrow BJ, Chikani V, Barnhart B, Gaither JB, et al.The effect of combined out-of-hospital hypotension