Resuscitation
-
Comparative Study
Students insert the laryngeal tube quicker and more often successful than the esophageal-tracheal combitube in a manikin.
Endotracheal intubation remains the standard of airway management. Because intubation skills are difficult to acquire, for medical students teaching of easier to learn techniques should be considered. ⋯ Following different training scenarios in a manikin, students were able to place the LT much faster than the ETC. Even brief training was sufficient to generate short insertion times for the LT.
-
Comparative Study
Hospital employees improve basic life support skills and confidence with a personal resuscitation manikin and a 24-min video instruction.
The use of a personal resuscitation manikin with video instruction is reportedly as effective as traditional instructor-led courses in teaching lay people basic life support (BLS). We applied this method to an entire hospital staff to determine its effect on their practical and self-judged BLS skills. ⋯ After distributing a personal resuscitation manikin with video instruction to an entire hospital staff, the median number of correctly performed chest compressions doubled and self-confidence in BLS skills improved significantly. This is a simple and less time-consuming method than instructor-led courses in preparing hospital employees in the basic handling of cardiac arrest.
-
Comment Letter Case Reports
Hyperinsulinaemia may impair outcome after hypothermic cardiac arrest.
-
Letter Case Reports
Absence of arrhythmias in the extremely preterm heart with severe hyperkalaemia.
-
Letter Case Reports
Bacterial translocation after mild therapeutic hypothermia.