Slide set from Cliff Reid's SmaccGOLD talk in March 2014

1. WHEN TO
RESUS

4. PATIENT DOESN’T WANT IT1
THERE IS NO CHANCE OF A
MEANINGFUL RECOVERY
2
THERE IS NOTHING ELSE YOU
CAN DO
3

5. PATIENT
DOESN’T
WANT IT

6. THERE IS
NO CHANCE
OF A MEANINGFUL
RECOVERY

11. acidotic
idiotic ?

14. THERE IS NOTHING
ELSE YOU CAN DO

18. ?

20. Pulseless Electrical Activity
ECG rhythm, No pulse
Heart not beating Heart beating
EMD Pseudo-EMD
“True - PEA” “Pseudo-PEA”

21. Hypo/Hyperkalaemia
Hypovolaemia
Hypothermia
Hypoxia
Toxins!
Tamponade!
Tension pneumo!
Thrombosis (pulm / coronary)

25. Case 1

26. case2

27. WHEN TO
RESUS

28. WHEN TO
RESUS
NOT