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

Airway insertion first pass success and patient outcomes in adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: The Pragmatic Airway Resuscitation Trial. Jason A Lesnick. Resuscitation. 2021

Time to first defibrillation and survival outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with refractory ventricular fibrillation. Stephen Gyung Won Lee . Am J Emerg Med. 2020

Cardiology

Comparison of sustained rate control in atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate: Metoprolol vs. Diltiazem. Kristi L Hargrove. Am J Emerg Med. 2021

Paediatrics

Improving Intubation Success in Pediatric and Neonatal Transport Using Simulation. Hannah Mary Dalrymple. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020

Respiratory

Nasal High-flow Oxygen Versus Conventional Oxygen Therapy for Acute Severe Asthma Patients: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Onlak Ruangsomboon. Acad Emerg Med. 2020

Other

A Randomized, Non-Inferiority, Controlled Trial of Two Doses of Intravenous Sub-Dissociative Ketamine for Analgesia in the Emergency Department. Shannon Lovett. Acad 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.