Vent in Cardiac Arrest

[Tony Held]

Dr. Stilley jumps on the mic and describes his usage of a ventilator in cardiac arrest. Rather than wasting a provider to ventilate poorly with a BVM, keep the vent on with just a couple tweaks.




Sources:

Ventilator-assisted preoxygenation: Protocol for combining non-invasive ventilation and apnoeic oxygenation using a portable ventilator.
Grant, S., Khan, F., Keijzers, G., Shirran, M., & Marneros, L. (2016).
Emergency Medicine Australasia, 28(1), 67-72

Mechanical Ventilation During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation With Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation, Bilevel Ventilation, or Chest Compression Synchronized Ventilation in a Pig Model
Clemens Kill MD, Oliver Hahn MD, Florian Dietz PhD, Christian Neuhaus, et al.
Critical Care Medicine, 2014, 88-89.

[Joshua Stilley]

Great work, Tony! Although I hate listening to myself talk, sounds so weird.

[Tony Held]

I'm convinced people that like hearing themselves talk are politicians.

But yeah I'm in the same boat.  Hence the bourbon!