Early recognition and defibrillation of shockable rhythms is strongly associated with survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), and is reliant upon rapid and accurate rhythm interpretation of...
This commentary aims to critically appraise the methods used within the review by Carney et al (2021) and expand upon the findings in the context of clinical practice..
Tension pneumothoraces (TP) are life-threatening injuries that may be treated by needle thoracocentesis (NT). The technique is not without complications, hence this research investigating the accuracy...
It is known that survivors of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) have a high probability of experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, but less is known about the effects on bystanders and...
Hyperventilation of a patient in cardiac arrest has been shown to impact negatively on survival but maintenance of optimal ventilation is not as easy as it may sound. Previous research suggests that...
This summary is arranged with the synthesised sources first and individual studies last..
Electrical cardioversion has been the recommended treatment for the management of the peri-arrest patient with a clinically unstable tachyarrhythmia for some time now. Despite this, its use in UK...
Consciousness may occur during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) despite the absence of a palpable pulse. The phenomenon, known as CPR-induced consciousness (CPR-IC), was first described over three...
Being trapped following a motor vehicle collision (MVC) provides its own set of challenges for the patient and the rescuers. Fire and rescue service (FRS) extrication strategies have developed on the...
Over the past 30 years in Sweden, the ambulance response time in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has doubled—yet counter-intuitively, the chances of surviving an OHCA have also substantially...
Failure to identify pneumothoraces in prehospital care carries the potential for significant consequences due to the potential for worsening of the pneumothorax during transfer. Clinical assessment...
Survival from cardiac arrest is known to improve if patients receive good quality chest compressions as soon as possible. During cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training, subjective assessment of...