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Cardiac Arrest
Chest compression
- Chest Compression Alone Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Is Associated With Better Long-Term Survival Compared with Standard Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Chest compression depth and survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Mechanical Devices
- Manual vs. integrated automatic load-distributing band CPR with equal survival after out of hospital cardiac arrest. The randomized CIRC trial
- Mechanical chest compressions and simultaneous defibrillation-vs-conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation in-out-of-hospital cardiac arrest The LINC RCT
- Do Mechanical Devices Improve Return of Spontaneous Circulation Over Manual Chest Compressions in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Vasoactive drugs
- Vasopressin, Steroids, and Epinephrine and Neurologically Favorable Survival After In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
- Epinephrine, vasopressin and steroids for in-hospital cardiac arrest: the right cocktail therapy?
- Glucocorticoids as an Emerging Pharmacologic Agent for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Adrenaline for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation- A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
- Adrenaline (epinephrine) dosing period and survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest- A retrospective review of prospectively collected data
- Time to administration of epinephrine and outcome after in-hospital cardiac arrest with non-shockable rhythms: retrospective analysis of large in-hospital data registry
- Does Calcium Administration During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Improve Survival for Patients in Cardiac Arrest?
ECLS
- Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation versus conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adults with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest- A prospective observational study
- An optimal transition time to extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for predicting good neurological outcome in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest- a propensity-matched study
Outcome and prognostication
- Exploring which patients without return of spontaneous circulation following ventricular fibrillation out-of-hospital cardiac arrest should be transported to hospital
- Predicting the lack of ROSC during pre-hospital CPR- Should an end-tidal CO 2 of 1.3 kPa be used as a cut-off value
- Shorter time until return of spontaneous circulation is the only independent factor for a good neurological outcome in patients with postcardiac arrest syndrome
- Survival rates in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients transported without prehospital return of spontaneous circulation: An observational cohort study
- Trends in Short- and Long-Term Survival Among Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients Alive at Hospital Arrival
- Early coronary angiography and induced hypothermia are associated with survival and functional recovery after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
- Angiography Urged in All Resuscitated Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Therapeutic Hypothermia
- Effect of Prehospital Induction of Mild Hypothermia on Survival andNeurological Status Among Adults With Cardiac Arrest A Randomized Clinical Tria.pdf
- Targeted Temperature Management Processes and Outcomes After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest- An Observational Cohort Study
- From therapeutic hypothermia towards targeted temperature management: a decade of evolution
Other
- Cardiac arrest from accidental hypothermia, a rare condition with potentially excellent neurological outcome, if you treat it right
- Resuscitation highlights- Part 1
- Resuscitation highlights- Part 2
- Current Opinion in Critical Care-Cardica Arrest
- Decisions Relating To CPR
- Hemodynamic–directed cardiopulmonary resuscitation during in–hospital cardiac arrest
Trauma
Spine immobilization
- Cost-utility analysis of prehospital spine immobilization recommendations for penetrating trauma
- Learning the lessons from conflict- Pre-hospital cervical spine stabilisation following ballistic neck trauma
- Prehospital Use of Cervical Collars in Trauma Patients- A Critical Review
- Comparison of Three Prehospital Cervical Spine Protocols for Missed Injuries
Fluids and blood products
- Liberal Versus Restricted Fluid Resuscitation Strategies in Trauma Patients
- Fluid resuscitation in trauma patients- what should we know
- Pretrauma Center Red Blood Cell Transfusion Is Associated With Reduced Mortality and Coagulopathy in Severely Injured Patients With Blunt Trauma
- The Ongoing Debate Between Crystalloid and Colloid
- Fluid Resuscitation for Trauma Patients: Crystalloids Versus Colloids
- Hypotensive Resuscitation
- Trauma and Massive Blood Transfusions
- Is early transfusion of plasma and platelets in higher ratios associated with decreased in-hospital mortality in bleeding patients?
- The Prospective, Observational, Multicenter, Major Trauma Transfusion (PROMMTT) Study
Other
- Resuscitative thoracotomy an update
- Critical care management of severe traumatic brain injury in adults
- Choice of General Anesthetics for Trauma Patients
- Development of a simple algorithm to guide the effective management of traumatic cardiac arrest
- Damage Control Resuscitation in Trauma
- Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy
- Pre-hospital identification of trauma patients with early acute coagulopathy and massive bleeding: results of a prospective non-interventional clinical trial evaluating the Trauma Induced Coagulopathy Clinical Score (TICCS)
- Pain management in trauma patients in (pre)hospital based emergency care: Current practice versus new guideline
- The Management of Pediatric Polytrauma: Review
Airway management
- Prehospital Rapid Sequence Intubation Improves Functional Outcome for Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
- Avoiding Circulatory complications during Intubation
- Regarding Hemodynamic Responses During Orotracheal Intubation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Apnoea and pre-oxygenation
- Delayed Sequence Intubation: A Prospective Observational Study
- Advanced Airway Management Simulation Training in Medical Education- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Surgical Management Of the Failed Airway: A Guide To Percutaneous Cricothyrotomy
- Airway management and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcome in the CARES registry
- Observational study of the success rates of intubation and failed intubation airway rescue techniques in 7256 attempted intubations of trauma patients by pre-hospital physicians
- Outcomes following prehospital airway management in severe traumatic brain injury
Sepsis
- Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
- A Randomized Trial of Protocol-Based Care for Early Septic Shock
- Evaluation of 7.5 years of Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines
- Goal-Directed Resuscitation for Patients with Early Septic Shock
ACS
- Pretreatment with Prasugrel in Non–ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes
- Unfractionated Heparin vs Bivalirudin in Primary PCI- The HEAT – PPCI Trial
- ATLANTIC Prehospital Ticagrelor in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
- Reappraisal of thienopyridine pretreatment in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Validation of an accelerated high-sensitivity troponin T assay protocol in an Australian cohort with chest pain
- Myocardial infarction (acute): Early rule out using high sensitive troponin
- The Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (MACS) decision rule for suspected cardiac chest pain derivation and external validation
- Third Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction
- Efficacy and Safety of Out-of-Hospital Intravenous Metoprolol Administration in Anterior ST-Segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction
Stroke
- Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Stroke
- Questions about authorisation of alteplase for ischaemic stroke
- Door-to-Needle Times for Tissue Plasminogen Activator Administration and Clinical Outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke Before and After a Quality Improvement Initiative
- Time to treatment with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator and outcome of stroke in clinical practice
- Effect of treatment delay, age, and stroke severity on the effects of intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase for acute ischaemic stroke: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from randomised trials
- A Randomized Trial of Intraarterial Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke
- Prehospital Stroke Care: Limitations of Current Interventions and Focus on New Developments
- Association Between Hyperoxia and Mortality After Stroke- A Multicenter Cohort Study
Guidelines
- AHA:ASA Guideline on Stroke With Brain Swelling
- Clinical practice guideline on diagnosis and treatment of hyponatraemia
- GOLD Report 2014
- 2014 AHA/ACC Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines
- 2014 Focused Update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation
- 2014 ESC Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism
- Guideline on Treatment of Patients with Severe and Multiple Injuries
- The Japanese guidelines for the management of sepsis
Emergency Pharmacology
- Lorazepam vs Diazepam for Pediatric Status Epilepticus
- The Effect of Ketamine on Intracranial and Cerebral Perfusion Pressure and Health Outcomes- A Systematic Review
- Prehospital analgesia using nasal administration of S-ketamine – a case series
- Prehospital Use of IM Ketamine for Sedation of Violent and Agitated Patients
- Anaphylaxis Is More Common with Rocuronium and Succinylcholine than with Atracurium
- Anaphylaxis to Neuromuscular-blocking Drugs: All Neuromuscular-blocking Drugs Are Not the Same
- Tranexamic Acid for Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial
Mechanical Ventilation
- Effect of Out-of-Hospital Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Support Ventilation in Adult Patients With Severe Respiratory Distress- A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
- Prehospital Noninvasive Ventilation for Acute Respiratory Failure
- Sedation in non-invasive ventilation: do we know what to do (and why)?
- Tidal Volume and Mortality in Mechanically Ventilated Children- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies
- Lung protection strategy as an effective treatment in acute respiratory distress syndrome
Other clinical conditions
- Effect of prehospital ultrasound on clinical outcomes of non-trauma patients—A systematic review
- Rate- and rhythm-control therapies in patients with atrial fibrillation- a systematic review
- Validation of a New Coma Scale, the FOUR Score, in the Emergency Department
- Anaphylaxis
- Fluid resuscitation in acute medicine: what is the current situation
- Treatment for calcium channel blocker poisoning- A systematic review
Non Clinical
- Free Open Access Medical education (FOAM) for the emergency physician
- Five Strategies to Effectively Use Online Resources in Emergency Medicine
- Open Access to Clinical Trials Data
- Revised standards for statistical evidence
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Hi! Thanks for the summary. The first article is inaccessible thorugh Google Drive though. Some kind of a Terms of service error. Might want to check up on that.
Try this link.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4F2UNmFsOSxQnMxSjRRcl9zYVE&authuser=0
It gives an error message to me also I don’t no why
If still does’nt work I’ll send you by email