Resuscitation
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Using e-learning for maintenance of ALS competence.
A well-suited e-learning program might be a feasible strategy to maintain competence following a resuscitation course. ⋯ This study did not demonstrate an effect of an e-learning program as a booster of competence acquired from an ALS course. The primary factor influencing the use of e-learning was the lack of social interaction.
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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.
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Comparative Study
Willingness to perform mouth-to-mouth ventilation by health care providers: a survey.
During cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), mouth-to-mouth ventilation (MTM) is only effective if rescuers are willing to perform it. ⋯ HIV infection is not the only condition for which rescuers hesitate to perform MTM. Bag-valve-mask devices for mechanical ventilation should be available in all locations where health care workers may be called upon to resuscitate apneic patients making the decision to perform MTM moot.
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Comparative Study
History of diabetes mellitus as a neurologic predictor in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest of cardiac origin treated with mild hypothermia.
To investigate the impact of a history of diabetes mellitus on the neurologic outcome in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest of cardiac origin treated with mild hypothermia. ⋯ A history of diabetes is associated with poor neurologic outcome in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest treated with mild hypothermia.