You are catching up on some charts in the resuscitation area of your ED when your triage nurse pushes in a 37 yo M with no PMHX, who presented to your ED complaining of sudden onset lightheadedness and L sided chest pain for about 10 minutes while at rest.
End-of-life care is a complex task for doctors and should include careful consideration of patients’ wishes, family input, scientific evidence regarding prognosis, and physician judgment.
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Performing hands on defibrillation poses a risk and it’s a practice that should NOT be performed.
Pauses in chest compressions are known to be detrimental to survival in cardiac arrest, so much so that the 2010 American Heart Association (AHA) emphasize high-quality compressions while minimizing interruptions. There have been some studies that now advocate for continuous chest compressions during a defibrillation shock. There have been substantial changes to external defibrillation technology
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