Publications by authors named "Sara H Gray"
Excellent resuscitation requires technical skills and knowledge, but also the right mindset. Expert practitioners must master their internal affective state, and create the environment that leads to optimal team performance. Leaders in resuscitation should use structured approaches to prepare for resuscitation, and psychological skills to enhance their performance including mental rehearsal, positive self-talk, explicit communication strategies, and situational awareness skills.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Incidence and survival rates after cardiac arrest among pregnant women are reported for in-hospital cardiac arrests; the incidence and outcomes of maternal out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) are unknown. Current cardiopulmonary resuscitation guidelines contain recommendations specific to this population; compliance with these has not been investigated.
Objective: To report maternal OHCA incidence, outcomes, and compliance with recommended treatment guidelines.
Objective: To evaluate whether a Post-Arrest Consult Team improved care and outcomes for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Design: Prospective cohort study of Post-Arrest Consult Team implementation at two hospitals, with concurrent controls from 27 others.
Setting: Twenty-nine hospitals within the Strategies for Post-Arrest Care Network of Southern Ontario, Canada.
Purpose: To determine if valuable information could be obtained from abdominal computed tomography (CT) performed before insertion of an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective review was performed on IVC filter insertions with a CT performed before the procedure. Cavagram and CT were compared for renal vein and IVC anatomy, the diameter of the IVC, and the prevalence of iliocaval thrombus.