Resuscitation
Perspectives
A doctor must go to extremes to save a choking victim
The restaurant served steak and salmon, and this woman made the mistake of ordering the steak.
Commentary
Must-read acute care medicine articles from 2022
“When 2022 began, we started seeing some light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel.”
Perspectives
Three wild technologies about to change health care
Now, in the 23rd year of the 21st century, you might not believe what we’ll be capable of next.
Feature
What is the psychological cost of performing CPR?
Andrés Snitcofsky, a 40-year-old designer from Buenos Aires, Argentina, heard harrowing cries for help.
Commentary
Novel resuscitation for patients with nonshockable rhythms in cardiac arrest
CPR has been life saving for 60 years the way we’ve performed it, but probably only in a very small percentage of cases.
Commentary
Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest: Key lessons
The goal of this discussion is to describe a systematic approach to evaluation and management of an athlete suffering blunt force chest and neck...
Commentary
A doctor saves a drowning family in a dangerous river
The doctor performed CPR on a boy he found floating, face down, and motionless.
Conference Coverage
Know the right resuscitation for right-sided heart failure
Research has demonstrated the differences in physiology between the right and left ventricles, expert says.
Commentary
A plane crash interrupts a doctor’s vacation
‘My oldest brother-in-law jumped into his ski boat and we sped out to the scene.’
From the Journals
‘Lucid dying’: EEG backs near-death experience during CPR
“Recalled experiences and brain wave changes may be the first signs of the so-called near-death experience.”
Latest News
Opioids leading cause of poisoning deaths in young children
As opioid poisoning deaths in young children have surged, strategies to prevent fatalities and reduce harm, including naloxone use, are...