GEMC:Cardiopulmonary Arrest, Resuscitation and Critical Care

General

This the main page for the Global Emergency Medicine Curriculum Project's Cardiopulmonary Arrest, Resuscitation and Critical Care section. For point of care treatment information see the respective category page and non-GEMC notes.

Open Access

Audiovisual

Podcasts - Post-Resuscitation Care

• Michael Winters: Post Arrest Care – It’s More than Just Hypothermia - http://freeemergencytalks.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/x2013-02-11-F-17h25-Post-Arrest-Care-Its-More-than-Hypothermia.mp3
• Ben Abella: Post-Resuscitation Cooling - http://freeemergencytalks.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/2011-08-04-1100-Post-Resuscitation-Cooling-Ben-Abella.mp3
• Scott Weingart (EMCRIT): Top Ten Hypothermia Tips - http://media.blubrry.com/emcrit/p/traffic.libsyn.com/emcrit/EMCrit-Lecture-20100615-top-ten-hypothermia.mp3
• Eric Bruno: Is Post-Resuscitation Cooling the Standard of Care? - http://freeemergencytalks.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Post-Resuscitation-Cooling_128.mp3
• Scott Weingart (EMCRIT): The Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome - http://emcrit.org/wp-content/uploads/Ponte-Vedra-post-resus-6-26-09.mp3
• Stephan Mayer on Therapeutic Hypothermia - http://traffic.libsyn.com/emcrit/ED_Crit_Care-Mayer_1-14-09.mp3

Video - Post-Resuscitation Care

• In Hospital Post Resuscitation Care: Hypothermia Therapy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X5LGV2E1cs (30:42)
• Post-Resuscitative Care (very nice cartoon - recommended) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWOsNRMu5R0 (11:35)

Written Resources

Journal Articles - Post-Resuscitation Care

• Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest Study Group. Mild therapeutic hypothermia to improve the neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med. 2002 Feb 21;346(8):549-56. Article free at http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa012689.
• Bernard SA, Gray TW, Buist MD, Jones BM, Silvester W, Gutteridge G, Smith K. Treatment of comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with induced hypothermia. N Engl J Med. 2002 Feb 21;346(8):557-63. http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa003289.
• Walters JH, Morley PT, Nolan JP. The role of hypothermia in post-cardiac arrest patients with return of spontaneous circulation: a systematic review. Resuscitation. 2011 May;82(5):508-16. http://emcrit.org/wp-content/hypoarts/role-of-hypothermia.pdf
• Taccone FS, Donadello K, Beumier M, Scolletta S. When, where and how to initiate hypothermia after adult cardiac arrest. Minerva Anestesiol. 2011 Sep;77(9):927-33. http://www.minervamedica.it/en/journals/minerva-anestesiologica/article.php?cod=R02Y2011N09A0927

Blog Articles - Post-Resuscitation Care

• LITFL - Therapeutic Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest http://lifeinthefastlane.com/education/ccc/therapeutic-hypothermia-after-cardiac-arrest/

Other Resources

• Hypothermia Protocols from around the World - http://www.med.upenn.edu/resuscitation/hypothermia/protocols.shtml
• International Cardiac Arrest Registry (INTCAR) - http://www.intcar.org/
• Center for Resuscitation Science (University of Pennsylvania) - http://www.med.upenn.edu/resuscitation/hypothermia/protocols.shtml
• European Resuscitation Council - https://www.erc.edu/index.php/mainpage/en/
• Safar Center for Resuscitation Research (University of Pittsburgh) - http://www.safar.pitt.edu/
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Group, Institute for Experimental Medical Research (Ullevaal University Hospital, Norway) - http://iemf.no/
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA) consideration of hypothermia - http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/04/transcripts/2004-4073t1.htm
• AHA 2010 Guidelines - http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/122/18_suppl_3/S640.full

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See Also

• GEMC: Global Emergency Medicine Curriculum (Main)