Another Six SMACCers!

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Here are the next 6 videos entered in the PK SMACC-talk competition being run as part of the SMACC 2013 conference. Yes, they are also awesome!

What is the question?

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What single question unlocks the mystery of how a patient with hypokalemia had a cardiac arrest 30 minutes after being treated during retrieval?

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Should chest compression only CPR become the standard?

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Cardiac arrest in a spinal patient post-extubation.

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Management of cardiac arrest due to pericardial tamponade

All Bleeding Stops

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Epistaxis, hemophilia… what happens next? A harrowing clip from Jed Mercurio’s classic Cardiac Arrest TV show.

Own the Echo!

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Bedside echocardiodiography is taking over the resuscitation world. Learn how to ‘own the echo’ when it comes to the critically ill or shocked patient!

Sudden Syncope on the Soccer Field

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A 26-year old man presents to ED by ambulance after an episode of syncope while playing soccer. He begins to deteriorate in the resuscitation room. Can you make the ECG diagnosis that will save his life… and possibly the lives of his children?

Intralipid – myth or miracle?

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Intralipid is one of the most exciting developments in clinical toxicity. Is its ability to bring patients back from the dead a myth or a miracle?

Cardiac Megacode

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As leader of the MET team you were called to a ‘Code Blue’ as a 57 year-old man has arrested on the ward post-operatively…