Saturday with SMACC: Scott Weingart on Cutting Edge Intra-Arrest Care

The main theme of this extremely thought-provoking talk by Scott Weingart (@emcrit) is that CPR should not be limited to the cookbook algorithms taught in the American Heart Association’s ACLS course. Scott argues that ACLS teaches what can be done easily, not necessarily what’s needed to achieve an optimal outcome. He covers everything from the laryngeal mask airway to intra-arrest extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO.) You may not agree with all of Scott’s points, but this is a must-listen lecture. This talk was given at the 2014 SMACC Gold conference in Australia last March. I was there, and it was by far the most exciting and inspirational medical conference I’ve ever attended. This was not only because of the core content, but also because the meeting was a gathering of 1300 people passionately interested in FOAMed  (Free Open Access Medical education) and the use of social media as a means both of disseminating clinical information and opinion and also creating bonds and relationships across continents. The 2015 SMACC conference (SMACC US) will take place June 23-26 in my kind of town (Chicago) and is shaping up to be the biggest and best ever. The line-up includes: Critical Care Ultrasound: Vicki Noble, Mike Stone, Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin from the Ultrasound Podcast, John Bailitz, Laleh Gharabaghian, James Rippey and Adrian Goudie from Ultrasound Village, and more! Critical Care and Resuscitation: Scott Weingart, Cliff Reid, Chris N...
Source: The Poison Review - Category: Toxicology Authors: Tags: Medical cardiopulmonary arrest Chicago cpr Medical conference resuscitation Scott Weingart SMACC Source Type: news