April 2023

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

Incidence of rescue surgical airways after attempted orotracheal intubation in the emergency department: A National Emergency Airway Registry (NEAR) Study. Joseph Offenbacher. Am J Emerg Med. 2023

Cardiac Arrest

Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation. Johannes Wittig. N Engl J Med. 2023

Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation. Stephan Katzenschlager. N Engl J Med. 2023

Lower vs Higher Oxygen Saturation Targets and Survival to Hospital Discharge Among Patients Resuscitated After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Wolfgang A Wetsch. JAMA. 2023

Mechanical ventilation with ten versus twenty breaths per minute during cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A randomised controlled trial. Gerhard Prause. Resuscitation. 2023

Supraglottic airway devices are associated with asphyxial physiology after prolonged CPR in patients with refractory Out-of-Hospital cardiac arrest presenting for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Jason A Bartos. Resuscitation. 2023

Frailty and Neurologic Outcomes of Patients Resuscitated From Nontraumatic Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Prospective Observational Study. Ryo Yamamoto. Ann Emerg Med. 2023

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