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To: MarMema

See the ACLS guidelines.

What will they do in an ED to treat cardiac arrest that won’t be done prehospital?


85 posted on 01/05/2021 11:04:18 AM PST by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: FoxInSocks

What happens in the ER is way beyond ACLS. Medics start ACLS to get the patient a better outcome when they get to the ED. In the ED they can do rapid sequence intubation/LMA/cricothyroidotomy/video laryngoscopy, chest tubes, thoracostomy, CV cath placement, pericardiocentesis, thoracotomy, TC pacing, anything open chest/cardiac massage, the last try of solumedrol, etc...
in New York they cover pts with ice.
Also probably not a cardiac Cath lab available in the field, so if you do get a turnaround you can act on a blockage.


89 posted on 01/05/2021 8:25:02 PM PST by MarMema
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