Simple Ventilation Adjustments During CPR Could Save Lives
A new study shows that bag-valve-mask ventilation—a common CPR technique used with chest compressions to ensure patients are getting oxygen—is often performed inconsistently.
Category: Critical Care
Critical Care
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Critical Care
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FDA Clears Bonhawa High-Flow Oxygen Therapy System
The FDA granted 510(k) clearance to the Bonhawa high-flow oxygen therapy system, designed to enhance the treatment of patients with respiratory insufficiency.
Critical Care
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Podcast: Virtual Reality in Healthcare
Michael Fratantoro and Brian S. Kaufman, MD discuss the use of virtual reality as a tool in training and education in healthcare.
ICU & Ventilation
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Class I Recall for Over 20,000 Hamilton Ventilators Due to Risk of Sudden Stop
Hamilton Medical is recalling the Hamilton-C1, C2, C3, and T1 ventilators after receiving reports of software issues that may cause the ventilators to stop without notice.
Emergency Room
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Emergency Departments Have Similar Survival Rates to Cardiac Arrest Centers
Among resuscitated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients, 30-day survival rates were similar for those taken to a cardiac arrest center compared to those delivered to the geographically-closest emergency department.
Ambulance & EMS
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Bystander AED Use Improved 30-Day Cardiac Arrest Survival
Bystander AED use for a cardiac arrest victim improved 30-day survival even with ambulance response times as short as two minutes, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2023.
ARDS
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Therapy Derived from Skin Cells May Be Able to Treat Injured Lungs
The hope is that a drop of solution containing these nanocarriers, delivered to the lungs via the nose, could treat acute respiratory distress syndrome.
Sepsis
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Single-dose Azithromycin Prevents Postpartum Sepsis, Mortality
A single oral dose of azithromycin can reduce the risk of postpartum sepsis and death among women who deliver vaginally by one-third, according to a large multi-country published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Other Acute Disorders
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Vaping Tied to Bronchitis, Dypnea Risk in Young Adults
Vaping is associated with respiratory symptoms including wheeze, bronchitic symptoms, and dyspnea in young adults, independent of combustible cannabis and cigarette exposures, according to research published online in Thorax.