
Stephen Bernard
@ambvicmedic
Prehospital, Motorsport, Emergency Medicine and Critical Care
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12-07-2015 09:19:45
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EuReCa III results ERC - European Resuscitation Council congres #RESUS23 ROSC rate for OHCA between 40% and 75% in Europe


No effect of calcium in cardiac arrest caused by hyperkalemia. Promising effects of bicarbonate. #cardiacarrest Amazing work by Mark Eggertsen Lars W Andersen Sodium Bicarbonate and Calcium Chloride for the Treatment... : Critical Care Medicine journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/abs…

I agree w Demetris Yannopoulos. "There is no concordant preclinical evidence to support any widespread clinical application of the device and independent verification... is warranted before this intervention is even tested in cardiac arrest patients."

Debating rocuronium vs. succinylcholine for RSI? New research from #UWashEMS shows that within Seattle Fire Dept. they have similar Cormack-Lehane grades, first-pass success, & rates of peri-intubation hypoxemia. Full Paper: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…


🚨 Prehospital ECPR is feasible in an Australian setting. 🚨 50 mins from emergency call to ECMO support, with promising survival. Proud to have been part of this innovative collaboration between Ambulance Victoria & The Alfred. Open access in SJTREM: sjtrem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…



Is the use of freeze-dried plasma feasible in care of patients in the pre-hospital setting? Biswadev Mitra et al. explores here: tinyurl.com/43cfec98



A great new publication led by Senior Lecturer @TimAndroos. This review examined relevant trauma clinical guidelines from all 10 EMS in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. Ben Meadley Belinda Gabbe Ben Beck @bridgetdicker Prof. Peter Cameron Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17…

In comatose #CardiacArrest patients, iv acyl-ghrelin (a naturally occurring hormone, aka hunger hormone) was potentially effective to improve neuro outcome in a phase 2, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter RCT just published in JAMA Neurology. 🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…




Such an amazing opportunity to improve outcomes through targeting the early links and response to OHCA in our country. Can’t wait to share what we have planned and opportunities to join and collaborate with this exciting CRE. Monash Public Health ILCOR Australian Resuscitation Council Ambulance Victoria Research PRECRU
