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Prehospital blood administration in pediatric trauma patients is crucial due to its potential to improve outcomes by addressing hemorrhagic shock early in the care continuum. While prehospital blood transfusion in pediatric trauma cases is not yet a common practice, studies have highlighted the...

Strong Ionic Difference (SID) is a concept used to understand and predict the behavior of pH in biological systems, particularly in human physiology. It is related to the concept of acid-base balance in the body.
The SID is calculated as the difference between the sum of strong cations...

The Efficacy of the IGel Supraglottic Airway in Cardiac Arrest Patients Introduction:

Effective airway management is a critical component of successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) during cardiac arrest. Traditional endotracheal intubation (ETI) has long been considered the gold...

The Use of Intravenous Saline in Human Patients: A Detrimental Practice
Abstract
Intravenous (IV) saline solutions have been a mainstay in medical practice for decades, used for fluid resuscitation, electrolyte replacement, and other purposes. However, mounting evidence suggests that...

Vaccine Efficacy: In human trials, the Pfizer vaccine was compared to a placebo in 43,448 people. During the study, 170 participants developed COVID-19. When the study blind was broken, it was revealed that 162 of these people had received the placebo. Only eight were in the vaccine group. Of 10...

Dr Max Morales, Resuscitation Group Medical Director Costa Rica and Instructor, began annual training the Costa Rica Medevac and COVID 19 Repatriation Teams. This session began with Spanish language ACLS, PALS, and BCLS courses over a five-day session.
Last year The Resuscitation Group...

The odds of surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) are significantly better when resuscitation efforts are continued on scene, as opposed to being performed while the patient is being transported to the hospital, a large observational study has found.
The process of moving a patient...

Restaurants appear to play a key role in the spread of COVID-19, according to a new study on transmission. "Masks cannot be effectively worn while eating and drinking, whereas shopping and numerous other indoor activities do not preclude mask use," write Kiva A. Fisher, PhD, from the CDC, and...

The use of ketamine in emergency and critical care medicine is a relatively new concept in the USA, despite the reality that ketamine has been used in hospitals throughout the world for several decades and remains throughout the decades on the World Health Organization Model List of Essential...

Recently a critical care specialist at one of The Resuscitation Group ACLS EP courses remarked that normal saline is the most dangerous drug in common use today, and it is most certainly not a physiological resuscitation fluid.
While we do believe there are issues of significant weight with...