The images below demonstrate the outcomes of swine brains resuscitated using NS, Hextend, or Plasma, after TBI + Hemorrhagic Shock. Plasma reduced the size of brain lesion and associated swelling in the model. In 2018 the #PAMPer Study (501 trauma patients) showed that mortality

I watch a video like this and realize how progressive health nations and Americans take basic CPR and ACLS principles for granted.

The FDA has approved Traumagel, a plant-based gel designed to rapidly stop bleeding and enhance the body’s natural clotting process. This development could be crucial for first responders, military personnel, and those providing care in remote locations.

This is ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. Fibrillating right atria and rapid ventricular response

In my 25 years of practice, I had never written a letter to the editor of a peer-reviewed medical journal. In the past three months, my colleagues and I have written two. Why? Because we felt the content of these two publications was significantly off course, and we felt

The graph below is from the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES 2023 Annual Report (with my annotations). It shows that the highest performing EMS agency has an almost 700% increase in cardiac arrest survival compared to the lowest performing agency. Would you want to know which cities these data

IO Epi associated with decreased #ROSC as compared to IV Epi in #OHCA despite time to delivery of first Epi being faster with IO. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Ginny Kaplan, PhD, MHS, Paramedic, FAEMS

After learning about the decision to allow blocked accounts to view your activity, I can't imagine that I'm staying on this platform. I still find some utility here, and that's actually why I feel it's important to leave. It wouldn't be impactful if there was no impact to be had.

"No. No. Go!", anyone?

Outcomes in traumatic cardiac arrest have been improving but there’s still work to be done. Mnemonics are helpful in organizing thoughts and processes in high-stakes, high-intensity environments. 🎩 tip to the authors including Luca Carenzo eddyjoemd.com/foamed/

The long-awaited Paramedic-3 trial comparing IO to IV in Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is out, and the results are that first-line IO access did not impact neurologically intact survival (No statistical differences between the two). nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

It is time that prehospital systems begin transitioning their resuscitative sequence intubation to not begin the induction process until SBP >100, SpO2 >94%-E.Bauer FlightBridgeED #AMTC24 AAMS

There are 184 pre-hospital #WholeBlood programs in the US. Is your city on this list? Check out the interactive map: prehospitaltransfusion.org/blood-program-… #Work as hard as you can to make it happen. Lives depend on it.

What's the impact of body-worn cameras when EMS crews have them during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? This Taiwanese study looked at the impact they would make on sustained ROSC when targeting 6 QIs (Taiwan has similar survival dates as the US). tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

I'll be closing up shop here on Twitter soon. I never worked to establish myself here as much as I did on other socials, but it certainly fed me a steady diet of #FOAM for years. However, I wouldn't join it today if it was new. So time to leave. See you on #BlueskySocial

NAEMT is pleased to report that Sen. Joe Manchin and Sen. Susan Collins have introduced a Senate companion bill for the Treat In Place (TIP) Program pilot (H.R. 8977) — S. 5400. Take action! Ask your Senators and representative to support these bills. buff.ly/3M13jp9

I asked a medic co-worker how many of the hugs she received every day were hugs she didn't want. The answer "Almost all of them."

You respond to a cardiac arrest for a patient who was just discharged home following open chest/open heart surgery. Do you prioritize transport for resternotomy? Or is their best chance an on scene resuscitation, particularly since mCPR would probably be inappropriate?

No, the most important step is ventilate and oxygenate. They can wait for Narcan. They can't wait for oxygen.

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