This papercut comes from an editorial in Resuscitation, where they chose four important multi centre RCTs with large sample sizes, published in 2023...

Mortality in elderly patients with cariogenic shock is high... in some studies, greater than 75%. This review is of an AHA Scientific Statement  Circu...

Vasopressin is often used as a second line agent to Noradrenaline in septic shock. The usual approach to sepsis is commencement of fluids and if a m...

Haber E.N et al. Accuracy of Noninvasive Blood Pressure Monitoring in Critically ill Adults. J Int Care Med. 2024, Jan 12 (Ahead of Print.) PMID: 38...

Cardiac arrest has a poor survival rate. In this study Okubo et al(1) tried to address the question of adrenaline or airway first, in out of hospital ...

The pulse check has been an important part of the assessment of unresponsive patients. It may be the determining factor in making the decision to co...

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The End tidal CO2 (ETCO2), is measured at the end of expiration and used to confirm that the patient is being ventilated and during cardiac arrest. It...

The best way to manage the airway during cardiac arrest, has remained somewhat of a mystery. We don’t know how much tidal volume to give, were not sur...

In this Papercut review we look at some major studies and what they tell us about the use of Adrenaline in cardiac arrest. Adrenaline is the most used...