April 2021

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

Airway

Video laryngoscopy for out of hospital cardiac arrest. Ryan M Huebinger. Resuscitation. 2021

Cardiac Arrest

Sodium bicarbonate administration during in-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Chih-Yao Chang.  Resuscitation. 2021

Association between wide QRS pulseless electrical activity and hyperkalemia in cardiac arrest patients. Young-Min Kim. Am J Emerg Med. 2021

Peri-intubation cardiac arrest in the Emergency Department: A National Emergency Airway Registry (NEAR) study. Michael D April. Resuscitation. 2021

Obstetrics

Predictors of obstetric complications following traumatic injuries in pregnancy. Zekiye Soykan Sert. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 

PHEM

The association of ketamine induction with blood pressure changes in paramedic rapid sequence intubation of out-of-hospital traumatic brain injury. Pieter F Fouche. Acad Emerg Med. 2021

Prehospital continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for acute respiratory distress: a randomised controlled trial. Judith C Finn. Emerg Med J. 2021

Sedation

Impact of young age on outcomes of emergency department procedural sedation. Michael Schlegelmilch. Am J Emerg Med. 2021

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.