Cardiac Surgical Arrest—An International Conversation, Part 3

This ongoing discussion of cardiac surgical resuscitation (CSR/CALS) management is a five-part series led by Jill Ley, Nurse Educator at Essentials of Cardiac Surgical Resuscitation. The series features a panel of international experts including Tara Bartley, Corporate Lead for Advanced Practice, University Hospitals Sussex; Cristina Ruiz-Segria, Surgical Care Practitioner, Jame Cook University Hosptial; and John Whitlock, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cardiac Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. At the conclusion of this bi-monthly recorded series, a live, one-hour webinar will be offered, inviting real-time discussion and questions from attendees worldwide.  

In Part 3 of this series, experts discuss managing shockable rhythms, CSR/CALS algorithm for ventricular fibrillation and tachycardia without a pulse, the use of manual vs automated defibrillation, and antiarrhythmic medications.  

Topics Covered: 

• Shockable Rhythm Recognition  
• Manual vs Automated Defibrillation 
• Intensive Therapy Units vs Step-Down Units 
• Lidocaine and Double Sequential External Defibrillation 
• Artificial External Compression 

For more information on similar topics, including a brief review of the historical adoption of the CALS protocol and managing bradyarrhythmia’s, click here to watch the other parts of this series.  

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