Pulse Checks During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Since 2010, the American Heart Association guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) have de-emphasized pulse checks - such that they recommend against routine pulse checks. Despite this recommendation, may individuals and institutions continue to perform pulse checks. This episode reviews the recommendations and the literature. References/show notes: FOAMcast.org Thanks for listening! Lauren Westafer

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Pulse Checks During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is an episode from FOAMcast - An Emergency Medicine Podcast by Lauren Westafer.

This episode is 14:48 long.

This episode was published on Sep 3, 2022.

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