The American journal of emergency medicine
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Comparative Study Observational Study
Temporal trends in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes in men and women from 2008 to 2015: A national observational study.
We compared the temporal trends in survival and neurological outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in men and women. ⋯ The outcomes of OHCA improved in both sexes during the study period. The degree of improvement in outcomes was higher in men than in women.
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The American Heart Association (AHA) recently established the Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) program, which requires physicians to perform quarterly cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skill checks. The aim of this study was to determine if timing of last training impacted skill performance of emergency physicians. ⋯ There was no difference between delivery of high-quality CPR in EM physicians who had recent BLS training and those who did not.
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No guidelines exist for the management of massive pulmonary embolism (PE) in COVID-19. We present a COVID-19 patient with refractory acute respiratory syndrome (ARDS), and life-threatening PE who underwent successful thrombolysis. ⋯ Thrombolysis may have a critical therapeutic role for massive PE in COVID-19; however the risk of potential bleeding should not be underestimated. Point-of-care ultrasound has a pivotal role in the management of refractory ARDS in COVID-19.