You are working on a rapid response vehicle (RRV) as a part of a PHEM-rotation and attend a ‘red’ call: “3-year-old cardiac arrest. Unsupervised child fallen into outdoor pond. Not breathing. Not responsive”.
You are working on a rapid response vehicle (RRV) as a part of a PHEM-rotation and attend a ‘red’ call: “3-year-old cardiac arrest. Unsupervised child fallen into outdoor pond. Not breathing. Not responsive”.
An elderly lady presents to the emergency department from a nursing home having been found on the floor in her room
You receive a standby call – female found at the bottom of a mountain, her temperature is unrecordable…
What would you do?
This session concentrates on patients with actual or impending cardiopulmonary arrest.
Management of Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest
A 33-year-old patient is brought in unresponsive. She is hypothermic, hypotensive, bradycardic, hypoglycaemic and has unequal pupils.
The physiological effects of hypothermia mean that the management of cardiac arrest requires an altered approach.
The physiological effects of hypothermia mean that the management of cardiac arrest requires an altered approach.
This session covers the assessment, treatment and management of patients presenting to an ED with the effects of hypothermia and frostbite.
This module covers the assessment, treatment and management of patients presenting to an ED with the effects of hypothermia and frostbite.
You move to your second base as some divers have surfaced and are getting ready to pack up. You notice one of them is swaying left and right and stops due to complaints of pain in his back. He has started to feel out of breath.
Big city medicine can sometimes be tricky to tick the box that says “Environmental Emergencies” in the RCEM curriculum. But a day in the life of a doctor living in more “outdoor” or seaside settings can help you get the mindset that is needed for these sort of pre-hospital jobs.
This is the fifth in a series of Emergency Casebooks from the virtual hospital CFN General, with key learning points for staff working in an Emergency Department
Systematic review of randomised and non-randomised trials of therapeutic hypothermia for non-shockable cardiac arrest