Join the EMGuideWire crew as they discuss some tips and pearls on how to skillfully run a medical resuscitation.

Pearls

• Preparation is everything. Get your staff, and get your stuff!
• Call out names, be redundant, and say what you are thinking out loud.
• Don't go for the tube! Supraglottic airways are quicker and safer!
• High quality compressions are life saving.
• V-tach and V-fib are usually ischemic. PEA is usually non-cardiac.
• PEA? Is it Wide or Narrow? Narrow - think procedural. Wide - think chemical.
• Ultrasound is your friend. RV strain, pericardial tamponade, and pneumothorax can all be quickly found!
• Wide complex (but not V-tach) is hyperkalemia until proven otherwise. Provide Calcium Chloride (not gluconate).

Summarized by Travis Barlock, MD PGY-1