The Resuscitation Group

Nurses week is well underway!! We don’t do it alone #happynursesweek

Join us for our virtual ACLS Provider Program on June 29, 2020, starting at 8:30 MDT. The Resuscitation Group Ltd. has teamed up with the Canadian Heart Association to bring you a completely virtual ACLS Educational Experience. No Pre-Requisites.... No Pre-Course Examination. No Textbook To Buy. Get More Information Hear... https://learn.resusgroup.ca//virtual-acls-program-june-29- Join Chris Hardcastle, for a full day of learning. I am looking forward to seeing you there next week.

Nurses week is well underway!! We dont do it alone #happynursesweek

Took this amazing picture at our NRP course on the 18th. Turned out so great! #savinbabies!

Merry Christmas! Those of you on shift...Wishing you the best "Q-Word" shift possible!

10/10 for this one...the holiday season is not complete without a creation from nitrile gloves!

At Resuscitation Canada, we don't do seasonal sales. We wanted to do something different, we wanted to help more people, and we want you to help us do that. Check Out The Resuscitation Canada UnBlackFriday Special Here...... https://resuscitationcanada.com/artic/un-black-friday-event Check out this post if you want to: Discover why we don't do sales. Learn what UnBlackFriday is and how you can participate. See why we want to use this opportunity to do something good for the world instead of joining in on the sales frenzy. Take Care, Chris

Night Shift!!! Ugly Sweater #4 #nights #uglysweaters

Wow, there are more than we thought!! Ugly Sweater #3 #uglysweaters

Calcium Crash: Excess calcium post-arrest creates a super irritating environment for the already crusty heart; making dysrhythmias a bad ROSC party crasher. Routine use is not recommended in paediatric arrests since it has been proven to INCREASE death rates after resuscitation.

Ugly Sweater #2 #ShouldGetOffGoogle

Pointy P's: Say hello to the pointy P-Wave where Pulmonale is possible. The poor RA is working infinitely harder than it should be (pulmonary hypertension; cor pulmonale). Lead II P-Wave > 2.5mm high in & pointy, the RA is enlarged :( #12lead #LeadII #PWaveProblems

Doing the Guppy: Agonal Respirations. The breath of death. Those big guppy-like gasps for air signalling the end of life. The respiratory centre making a last ditch effort to maintain oxygenation before giving up entirely. #BreathofDeath #ACLS #CPR

#FridayFunnies #CantWaitforUglySweaters

What the DUCT? SpO2 up that RIGHT HAND or WRIST on a neonate. Get a glorious PREDUCTAL saturation for the first evaluation. They will be hypoxic for the first few minutes, but don't despair, NRP is there! Their "normal" SpO2 will start at 60-65% & increase to 85-95% at minute 10 #lowoxygentensionenvironment #tolerablehypoxia #NRP

Thank you to all who participated in the Continuous CPR Regardless of Type of Airway versus Hands-On Defibrillation Poll! The Continuous CPR edged out Hands-On Defibrillation at 62% to 38%!! Get that blood moving and the organs perfusing!

iATM: Integrated-Advanced Trauma Management. The ONLY program where the ENTIRE TEAM comes TOGETHER to provide the BEST PATIENT CARE in trauma. Check out our site for upcoming iATM programs: https://resuscitationcanada.com//integrated-advanced-trau/ #HealthcareTEAM #BetterPatientCare #Trauma

The "Where's Waldo" for Strokes! #FAST #whereistheclot Thank you REBEL EM for the chart and Neuro4Students for the picture!

#PEARS #PALS #DefinitiveCare

Thank you to Kim Elkins for participating in the case on Friday! You rock!! The patient was diagnosed with pneumonia; however showcased an ECG with ST depression that required serial troponins to rule out a concurrent NSTEMI.

Please remember to take a moment on November 11th at 11am to remember those who gave up their lives so that we could live ours. #RemembranceDay #NeverForget #NeverForgotten https://vimeo.com/54266288... Thank you to Paul Carson for this amazing tribute to Canadian soldiers.

Situation: 86 year old female with intermittent shortness of breath; mild chest pain; productive cough; SpO2 86% on room air; all other vital signs are within normal limits. What are your initial differential diagnoses and diagnostics?

#BePrepared for additional complications during & after an MI. The vessels & the 12-lead can give you a lot of information! #ACLS #12leadECGInterpretation #CME #AMI

Congratulations to Nancy, Anne, Aleksandra, & Mary. I had the privilege & pleasure of working with these wonderful ladies at a PALS course in London Ontario last week, and all of them rocked it big time! I can't wait to see you all again soon. Chris H

#Pittsburghstrong #nowords

Dexter RC: Episode 1 "After Class Aftermath" #afternoondelight #Dexter

A little infant CPR action in PALS, lead by an AMAZING educator. Shannon has just completed her ACLS/BLS Monitoring and is now working on her PALS monitoring!! #CPR #PALS #education #awesomeness

Alienating Other Toxins: What is a toxin? It is an excess of ANYTHING in the human body that may cause damage. That means things like: Meningitis; hyperkalemia; sepsis; oxygen; bowel contents; etc., are toxins to the body. The automatic jump to drugs and poison while rocking through the H's and T's (pre-during-post resuscitation) may not root out the source to the event.... Think outside the box for those differentials! #ACLSEP #resuscitation #HandT

What the Pad? The WHY to pad placement in defibrillation. The apex pad delivers MORE ENERGY than the anterior pad. Which means, if you switch to Anterior-Posterior positioning, the APEX pad needs to be the one on the front.... Why? Because the heart is planed anterior and the apex hits the anterior chest wall when it beats from the wringing action of the strong LV. Give your patient the best outcome with the most electricity!

Comfort Carb: Sodium Bicarbonate Throwing in an amp of bicarb during an arrest just because, may cause more harm than good if a ROSC occurs. Bicarb has only a a few indications for use: 1. Sodium Channel Blocker Overdose... 2. Urinary Alkalization 3. Non-Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis (NAGMA) due to HCO3 loss (generally a pH of <6.9 or excessively low HCO3 before administration) Bicarb turns into CO2, adding in a respiratory component to a metabolic acidosis creating a higher mortality rate in post-arrest if used without purpose. #nomorebicarb #comfortcarb #ACLSEP

What change would you like to see in resuscitation in the next year? 1. Hands-on defibrillation 2. Continuous CPR regardless of type of airway in place

#HeartMonth Please share to promote CPR!

A huge shout out to Medical Assistants!! This is YOUR WEEK! Thank you for all that you do! #medicalassistants #awesome #thankyou

Time for #ResusROFLMAO ! What better way to end the week than with a little Mr.Bean First Aid?? Comment below with your funny favourites!! #CPR #MrBean #FirstAid #mightneedsomework... https://youtu.be/P9ju80SMWZY

Meconium: Just Keeping it Classy The stunningly nasty first poop. Sometimes outside the uterus: other times, not so much. A little fetal distress may cause the babe to poop inside: they can be classy like that. If it's thin ("grin"): fear not, a little wipe & a vigorous rubdown are more than enough.... If it's thick ("sucky"): get a little suction-action going to get that stuff out of them, hopefully before that first beautiful breath! Thin and Grin: all good Thick and Sucky: suction https://media.giphy.com/media/HDNcjt5ELkJSE/giphy.mp4

A little evening entertainment.....#winning #ECGinterpredance https://youtu.be/x5oq4ErAmW0

Confessions of a Clogged Coronary Vessel October 11, 2018: I'm feeling a bit constipated & my person seems to be moaning & groaning a lot. I know I need to be unclogged, but could you make my person a bit more comfortable first? Maybe consider some FENTANYL instead of Morphine? Especially since Morphine can make me extra clogged from inflammatory mediators that are released when you give me it. FENTANYL keeps me nice & happy while making my person feel much better.