CPR
In this episode, our co-hosts welcome Medtronic’s Holly Stewart, who explains the history of capnography and offers insight into its use for DKA and sepsis monitoring
He resuscitated a 50-year-old unresponsive woman who may have overdosed; earlier in the week he revived a 13-day-old baby
21-year-old unresponsive in vehicle at toll plaza; paramedics treat man for possible drug overdose
49-year-old collapsed at gym from sudden cardiac arrest; police on scene quickly and defibrillate patient
NY firefighter calls mayday at house fire; critical but stable condition
An ambulance was initially sent to the wrong location in a 911 call where a man died from a heart attack
The video establishes a timeline after a high school student collapsed in the gym, outlining what EMS did to try to save him
Performed CPR on 92-year-old man after extricating him from submerged vehicle; patient at hospital in critical condition
Language barriers and lack of knowledge about cardiac arrest symptoms were also cited in a study seeking to increase public education around CPR and emergency services
Lifeguards and beachgoers tried to rescue him; he was unresponsive when responders performed CPR and was pronounced at a local hospital
Lifeguards pulled him from the water off Huntington Beach and performed CPR, but he died at a hospital
Nearly 500 AEDs have been placed in shops, businesses and gyms in past six months as part of the ‘Shockingly Easy’ campaign
Multiple studies look at the pre-hospital use of amiodarone, how it relates to ROSC, and if it should be the antiarrhythmic of choice for cardiac arrest patients
Patrick O’Brien and two former paramedics resuscitate a man down at a Canadian hockey game
Gander Flyers goalie Patrick O’Brien ran from the dressing room and began chest compressions on an unresponsive fan in cardiac arrest
Research shows dispatcher-assisted CPR increases the chance of surviving sudden cardiac arrest
Firefighters climbed through a window to pull her out; she was not breathing so they performed CPR
She found him face down in a hotel lobby hours after giving an American Heart Association presentation
The high school student sprang to action when an 11-month old stopped breathing at a Wal-Mart
The simulators include 20 cardiopulmonary resuscitation head-and-chest training mannequins and three – an adult, a child and an infant – intubation heads for breathing-tube training
Doctors were preparing to call time of death after her heart stopped during a cesarean section
The scene captivated 19,441 fans, the game stopped and both teams watched in worry; the 67-year-old woman died less than 24 hours later at a hospital
Remaining on scene for 30 minutes to treat cardiac arrest patients has led to three times more CPR saves in a six-month period
The girl was unresponsive when the man and his sister pulled her from the pond and began CPR
When a 73-year-old man went into cardiac arrest they performed CPR and used a defibrillator to get his pulse back before paramedics arrived
The blow knocked the man and his dog into a ditch and flung the 2-year-old down the roadside
Jessica Galvin made the life-saving call to treat him on the scene; she is the first woman to receive her community’s local EMT of the Year award
She had only one working lung and died of a heart abnormality; it’s unclear whether fear played a role
Twenty states already require the training, with 20 others placing the issue on upcoming agendas