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Focused echocardiographic evaluation in resuscitation management

July 14, 2011 by CrashMaster

 

 

Focused echocardiographic evaluation in resuscitation management

Figure 1. Focused echocardiographic evaluation in resuscitation management (FEER) in emergency and critical care medicine. Algorithm with indications and workflow (a); integration into advanced life support (ALS) (b); road map of repeated use of FEER during resuscitation stages (c). FEER has to be completed within 5 secs during pauses of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). PEA, pulseless electrical activity; PM-ECG, pacemaker-electrocardiogram; RV, right ventricle; LV, left ventricle; VF/pulseless VT, ventricular fibrillation/pulseless ventricular tachycardia; end-exp. CO2, end-expiration CO2; BLS, basic life support; ED/ICU, emergency department/intensive care unit.

 

 

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