…as well as cases where the cause does not fall into the other categories. Trauma Cardiac arrest caused by violence, accidents, burns, or other trauma…

…mechanism. Sequential activation implies that the atria are activated first and they fill the ventricles with adequate volumes of blood before ventricular contraction commences. To…

…or through statements made to the next of kin. Active malignancy with a risk of transmission (an individual assessment; certain tumour types are not a…

…Out of office measurement is consequently central to diagnosis and long term management. Clinical presentation and symptoms The source material does not describe the typical…

…complications fall into two broad categories: Electrical complications , particularly ventricular arrhythmias. Mechanical or pump failure complications , including heart failure and cardiogenic shock. Most out of…

…must then not be carried out. Vaginismus or marked anxiety — plan for extra time, a smaller speculum, possibly a local anaesthetic gel, or examination under…

…possible oxygen concentration is given irrespective of the saturation Carbon monoxide poisoning. The pulse oximeter does not distinguish carboxyhaemoglobin from oxyhaemoglobin and shows a falsely…

…out of 100 cases had full recovery. More recent studies has reported mortality rates reaching 4%. ECG in takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken heart syndrome) 80% of…

…tube) or coagulopathy (risk of bleeding). An advanced airway (tracheal tube, supraglottic airway) should be established as early as possible. Airway management should not interrupt…

…Deasy C, Bray J, Smith K, et al. Hanging Associated out of hospital cardiac arrests in Melbourne, Australia. Emerg Med 2013; 30:3842. Luna GK…