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Cardiac Arrest Survival Statistics

On February 24, 2020October 30, 2021 By eddyjoemdIn ICU Pearls

We’re getting better with our management of out of hospital cardiac arrest via quality bystander CPR. The majority of this credit should go to the organizations such as the AHA who puts together programs taught by firefighters, paramedics and EMT’s (forgive me if I screw up the semantics) to health care personnel and the lay …

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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: ACLS in the CVICU

On January 12, 2020August 24, 2024 By eddyjoemdIn ICU Pearls

Yesterday, @yournursingeducator created a great post on Code Blue tips. @fobiesme asked a very legitimate question regarding how to proceed in patients who are s/p bypass or any open chest situation in the CVICU. This was something I wondered about myself even as someone who taught ACLS for the AHA at a point in my …

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