Impact of adrenaline dose and timing on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival and neurological outcomes.

Study Objective: The 2015 ILCOR Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Guidelines recommend intravenous adrenaline (epinephrine) as a crucial pharmacologic treatment during cardiac arrest resuscitation. Some recent observational studies and clinical trials have questioned the efficacy of its use and suggested possible deleterious effects on overall survival and long-term outcomes. This study aimed to describe the association between time and dose of adrenaline on return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and neurologic function.

Trauma surgeon utilization of computerized tomography scanning: Room for improvement?

Background: We aimed to evaluate computerized tomography (CT) utilization and yield rates for trauma team activations (TTA).

Methods: A retrospective review of all TTAs was conducted over nine months. TTAs consisted of two levels--trauma alert (TAL) and trauma response (TR).