Resuscitation

The FDA has recalled Mercury Medical’s Neo-Tee T-Piece Resuscitator, a gas powered resuscitator intended primarily for emergency use, due to an undersized spring in the ventilation control component.

IV lactated Ringer solution should be the preferred volume-expanding fluid for resuscitation of patients with sickle cell disease who experience vaso-occlusive episodes at the time of hospital admission, according to study results.

Adults treated in EDs with established sepsis alert systems benefited from reduced mortality risk and length of hospitalization compared with facilities with no alert system, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

High initial concentrations of lower fractional inspired oxygen may reduce mortality in very preterm infants, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics, although the researchers said their finding is not enough to change practice.

Umbilical cord milking — when blood is pushed through an unclamped umbilical cord toward the infant — appeared to be safe in preterm infants born between 28 and 32 weeks’ gestation, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

In this episode, Bhardwaj’s mentor, Benjamin S. Abella, MD, MPhil, FACEP, FAHA, discusses the importance of a strong mentor-mentee relationship, his path into internal and emergency medicine training and much more. 

Critical care cardiologists may be uniquely experienced to help manage clinical manifestations of the virus that causes COVID-19 and supplement the staff of noncardiac and COVID-19-specific ICUs, according to a report published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

As the risk for COVID-19 exposure during CPR for out-of-hospital or in-hospital cardiac arrest is a serious concern for emergency medical services personnel, health care workers and lay bystanders, the American Heart Association issued an interim update to its guidance for CPR in adults, children and neonates with suspected COVID-19 infection.

IV sodium nitrite administered by paramedics for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest had no effect on survival to hospital admission or discharge compared with placebo, according to data presented at the virtual American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

Patients on maintenance dialysis who experienced in-hospital cardiac arrest received similar quality of care, leading to comparable outcomes at discharge, to those not on dialysis, according to a recent study.