Podcast #80 - "Awake and Dead" or CPR-IC
TOTAL EM - Tools Of the Trade and Academic Learning in Emergency Medicine
English - January 30, 2018 18:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Science acls aprn atls cpr ems hems lpn pac pocus pals Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Podcast #79 - Quick Tips to Improve the eFAST Exam
Next Episode: Podcast #81 - Conquer the Night Shift
What do you do when the dead are awake? It is confusing terminology, but patients may develop consciousness and be alert during cardiac arrest while receiving chest compressions. In the literature, this is often reported as cardiopulmonary resuscitation induced consciousness (CPR-IC) The phenomenon is overall rare but reports are increasing with time. In this blog and podcast we talk about how to manage such patients.