Category Archives: AHLR

EMERGENCY ECMO

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Thomas D

“If you can put in a central line or a dialysis catheter, you can place a patient on ECMO” – Dr. Zach Shinar We have discussed ECMO-CPR, or ECLS, earlier. Those papers were on in-hospital cardiac arrests. Here’s a real … Continue reading →

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LOST AND FOUND: FEBRUARY

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Thomas D

A few medical bits and pieces from around the net. This time on chest drains and intercostal arteries, and on predicting futile resuscitation.

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ECMO CPR

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Thomas D

Hjertestans behandles fremdeles med middelaldermetoder, og ikke overraskende med meget lav overlevelse. Det beste vi har å tilby er rytmisk portørknusing av thorax, eventuelt kombinert med noen skvett adrenalin. I det 21. århundrede må det da finnes en bedre metode?

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MOUTH-TO-NOSE

Posted on September 3, 2011 by K

Mun-till-mun-ventilation (MTM) har försvunnit från HLR-algoritmerna för vuxna. Teorin grundade sig på experiment från en man som hette Safar som på 50-talet lyckades bibehålla SaO2 över 90% hos frivilliga patienter i anestesi.

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