Kenny Navarro

The Research Review

Kenny Navarro

Kenny Navarro is Chief of EMS Education Development in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas. He also serves as the AHA Training Center Coordinator for Tarrant County College. Mr. Navarro serves as an Emergency Cardiovascular Care Content Consultant for the American Heart Association, served on two education subcommittees for NIH-funded research projects, as the Coordinator for the National EMS Education Standards Project, and as an expert writer for the National EMS Education Standards Implementation Team.

Full list of Kenny Navarro results

The science driving BLS CPR recommendations
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AHA CPR Guidelines 2020 continue to emphasize early recognition of cardiac arrest and prompt CPR beginning with chest compressions provides the best chances for survival
AHA Guidelines 2020: An EMS overview
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Examining recommendations for EMS treatment of adult and pediatric cardiac arrest related to epinephrine, compression depth and rate, and double sequential defibrillation
Prove It: Stay and play or load and go?
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For patients who do not achieve ROSC early, is it better to stay on scene and continue resuscitation efforts or transport to the ED with CPR in progress?
Managing COVID-19 infection risks during cardiac arrest treatment
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What the ILCOR recommendations for managing infection risks during CPR and intubation of patients who may be infected with SARS-CoV-2 mean for EMS
Benefits of applying CRM to cardiac arrest resuscitation
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Strong leadership, simulation training and implementing new techniques such as pit-crew resuscitation all help to improve outcomes when performing CPR
Prove It: Is sodium bicarbonate indicated for prolonged cardiac arrest?
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Research suggests an association between sodium bicarbonate and decreased survival-to-hospital discharge and worsened neurological status
Prove it: Administering NTG to patients with inferior wall myocardial infarction
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A new study suggests there may not be any clinical benefits to administering NTG to treat chest pain caused by myocardial ischemia
Resuscitation education: What’s changed and what you need to know
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The American Heart Association recently released a statement updating cardiac arrest resuscitation guidelines
Prove it: Video laryngoscope usage in airway management
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Video laryngoscopy may improve overall and first-pass success rates for ET intubation by paramedics
Prove It: Prehospital ultrasound improves diagnosis, treatment and transport decisions
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Including ultrasound during assessment may help rule out or find injuries missed with traditional exam techniques, but more research is needed
Prove It: Dual defibrillation of refractory ventricular fibrillation
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What's the evidence that delivery of dual defibrillation improves survival outcomes for patients who suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and fail to respond to conventional therapy?
Prove It: Mobile stroke care improves patient outcome
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A mobile stroke unit offers specially trained personnel and equipment which can provide remote diagnosis and evidence-based management to patients for definitive treatment
Prove It: Epinephrine may have a role during resuscitation from cardiac arrest
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Measuring the time to epinephrine administration as a continuous variable shows time-dependent nature of epinephrine administration
Prove It: Administering dextrose during cardiac arrest improves outcomes
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Understand why dextrose given during prehospital resuscitation from cardiac arrest may actually decrease the chance of survival to hospital discharge
Prove It: Real-time feedback devices improve CPR training
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Researchers measured the impact several CPR feedback or prompt devices had on chest compression depth, compression rate recoil and hand position
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