This is part two of the 2015 updated A-CLS guidelines, cardiac arrest controversies,

with Dr. Lori Morrison and Dr. Steve Lynn.

And we'll have a special guest appearance by Dr. Scott Weingard in this episode,

who's going to give us his two cents on cardiac arrest care.

Now, in this part two, we're going to cover post-arrest care after you achieve Rosk.

But before we get into the meat of the podcast, I just wanted to let you know that

registration for the first ever EM cases course in Toronto on February 6th, where you'll get a

chance to hang out and learn in small

groups from your favorite EM cases guest experts, opens on November 17th. There's only 45

spots available, so be sure to sign up on the 17th. Now on to what we're going to cover in the

episode. Once we've achieved Rosk, our job is not over. Good post-arrest care involves maintaining

blood pressure and cerebral profusion, adequate sedation, cooling, and preventing hyperthermia,

considering anti-arhythmic medications, optimization of tissue oxygen delivery while avoiding

hyperoxia, getting patients to PCI who need

it, and looking for and treating the underlying cause. I'll get Dr. Lynn and Dr. Morrison's

opinion on the new simplified approach to diagnosing the underlying cause of PEA arrest, which is

pretty cool. We'll also discuss when it's time to terminate

resuscitation or call the code, as well as some fascinating research on gender differences

in cardiac arrest care. These co-authors of the guidelines will also give us their vision of

the future of cardiac arrest care, and we'll wrap up the episode with the third opinion,

so to speak,

Dr. Weingard's take on the whole thing.

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