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Graham Nichol MD
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I practice emergency medicine at Harborview, direct the University of Washington-Harborview Center for Prehospital Emergency Care, and lead multicenter randomized trials to evaluate disruptive interventions intended to improve emergency care. Seattle, WA
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Mechanical ventilator during CPR?

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MUV Monash UW Joint Resuscitation Rounds

SYMEVECA Study

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Alberto Hernandez-Tejedor MD PhD

Head, SAMUR Proteccion, Madrid, ESP

Weds Jul 2 1300 h PST

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June 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Can a cellphone save a life?

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Carolina Malta Hansen MD PhD

Danish Volunteer Responder Program:
CPR and AED via Mobile Phone App

Weds, May 7, 2025
1300 h – 1400 h in Seattle, Washington

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May 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Why do trials enrolling patients with infarct-related shock under exception from informed consent for emergency research?

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40008533/
A Framework for Exception From Informed Consent in Trials Enrolling Patients With ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock - PubMed
Cardiogenic shock (CS) is critical end-organ hypoperfusion attributable to reduced cardiac output. Acute ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction with CS (AMI-CS) has high mortality. Clinical resear...
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March 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Should physicians or paramedics give pre-hospital emergency care?

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Michael Christian MD
Professor of Medicine, Critical Care
UBC, Vancouver, BC
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Weds Apr 2, 1400 h PST

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March 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Defibrillation for ventricular fibrillation?

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MUV Monash University of Washington Joint Resuscitation Rounds

Christian van der Werf MD PhD
University of Amsterdam Heart Center
Amsterdam, NL
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January 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Is hyperoxia harmful after resuscitation from cardiac arrest?

A few thoughts here

bit.ly/O2-throwitaway

Kudos to my colleague Rob Klemisch
Post resuscitation oxygen supplementation: Throw it away?
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January 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Adequacy of oxygenation depends on multiple factors including pre-existing conditions, severity of injury or illness, adequacy of other elements of care eg ventilation

/fin
December 11, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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No clinically important difference between early restrictive vs. liberal oxygenation targets in patients w traumatic injury transported to hospital

In my opinion, results are not that surprising

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December 11, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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Another large, well-done emergency care trial by Danish investigators just published...

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Early Restrictive vs Liberal Oxygen for Trauma Patients
This randomized controlled trial investigates whether an early 8-hour restrictive oxygen strategy compared with a liberal oxygen strategy lowers the incidence of death and/or major respiratory complic...
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December 11, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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Transcutaneous pacing for severe bradycardia?

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Tanner Smida, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV
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Prehospital Transcutaneous Cardiac Pacing in the United States: Treatment Epidemiology, Predictors of Treatment Failure, and Associated Outcomes
Transcutaneous cardiac pacing (TCP) is a potentially lifesaving therapy for patients who present in the prehospital setting with bradycardia that is causing hemodynamic compromise. Our objective wa...
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November 28, 2024 at 6:13 PM
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IO for Vascular Access During Cardiac Arrest?

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Tanner Smida MD/PhD Candidate, West Virginia University

Upper vs. Lower Limb IO In Patients with Cardiac Arrest
bit.ly/upperorlowerio

Weds, Sep 4, 2024 1300 h in Seattle

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August 29, 2024 at 8:07 PM
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Steroid Therapy After Cardiac Arrest?

Laust Obling MD
Copenhagen, Denmark

High Dose Steroids in Patients with Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest:  STEROHCA trial

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MUV- Monash - UW Resuscitation Rounds

Weds, Apr 3, 2024  1300 h in Seattle

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March 28, 2024 at 8:24 PM
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New collaboration

@UWMedicine joins ADVANCEnet, part of PCORnet

We are excited to collaborate with OCHIN to increase the efficiency of health care research that serves the needs of our large, diverse population in the Pacific Northwest.

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March 21, 2024 at 1:02 AM
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New #resuscitation trial

Does hypothermia begun quickly in field and continued in hospital improve neurologic outcomes after out of hospital cardiac arrest?

bit.ly/princess2trial

#cardiacarrest
March 20, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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Is Manual Identification of ST Elevation on ECG Passé?

Learn more Dec 6, 1300 h PST

Vienna-Monash-UW Resus Rounds

R Herman, Univ of Naples, Naples, IT 
and SW Smith, Univ. of Minnesota 

on AI-enhanced ECG interpretation to identify myocardial infarction

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December 1, 2023 at 5:42 PM
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Join us next week

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Stephen Bernard MD
Ambulance Victoria;
Melbourne, Australia

Prehospital tranexamic acid after major trauma?
bit.ly/PATCH-Trauma

Weds, Sep 6, 2023
1300 h in Seattle

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September 1, 2023 at 4:32 AM