The EMS Lighthouse Project

The 2017 NEJM study, ALPS, compared amiodarone, lidocaine, and placebo for refractory shoc... more

We just got a new paper that compares initial treatment with adenosine compared with dilti... more

The next time you go to intubate a patient, should you give the sedation before the paraly... more

We covered a paper in episode 81 that suggested treating atrial fibrillation with rapid ve... more

Wrapping up a series of 5 episodes, Dr Jarvis finishes his discussion of mechanical CPR de... more

Last episode we described the literature showing no survival benefit to patients with the ... more

Our story so far.. episode 92 looked at a study showing lower survival from in-hospital ca... more

Ever wonder what would happen to cardiac arrest survival after a system implements LUCAS d... more

We know the literature on mechanical CPR devices on mortality in out of hospital cardiac a... more

New Orleans implemented a blood program and assessed the impact of the program on mortalit... more

We've reviewed several papers in the past that suggest there might be an advantage to usin... more

Back in episode 80 we discussed a feasibility study out of Salt Lake City that showed IM e... more

Do you give naloxone to patients who are in cardiac arrest? Should you? Can it possibly pr... more

Remember when we learned interruptions in compressions take a long time to recover blood p... more

What’s the best way to pre-oxygenate our patients prior to intubation? The evidence for th... more

There is evidence that clinician experience with intubation is associated with improved su... more

Description:  Let’s say you were looking for a safe and effective BLS option for analgesia... more

What value does EtCO2 have when predicting survival from cardiac arrest? We all know a sha... more

The debate about which drug to use for sedation before RSI will... not… die. Advocates for... more

Atrial Fibrillation with rapid ventricular response is a common cause of EMS activations a... more