Here are the papers that caught our eye over the last month, many of these will go onto form the topics for our monthly podcasts and topics which you can subscribe to here.

Cardiac Arrest

Intraosseous versus intravenous administration of adrenaline in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a secondary analysis of the PARAMEDIC2 placebo-controlled trial. Nolan JP. Intensive Care Med. 2020

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and skill retention in emergency physicians. Schmitz GR. Am J Emerg Med. 2020

Double sequential external defibrillation for refractory ventricular fibrillation: The DOSE VF pilot randomized controlled trial. Cheskes S. Resuscitation. 2020

Cardiology

Electrical versus pharmacological cardioversion for emergency department patients with acute atrial fibrillation (RAFF2): a partial factorial randomised trial. Stiell IG. Lancet. 2020

Respiratory

Accuracy of Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Adult Community-acquired Pneumonia: A Meta-analysis. Ebell MH. Acad Emerg Med. 2020

Trauma

Utility of INR For Prediction of Delayed Intracranial Hemorrhage Among Warfarin Users with Head Injury. Valiuddin H. J Emerg Med. 2020

We look forward to bringing you some of these papers in future podcasts, if there’s anything in particular you’d like to hear then leave a comment at the bottom of the page.