
CASE DISCUSSION
The Crashing Patient: Troubleshooting at the Bedside
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Case Description
The Crashing Patient: Troubleshooting at the Bedside is a high-impact webinar designed to equip healthcare professionals with practical strategies for managing acute patient deterioration. This session will explore real-time clinical decision-making, rapid diagnostics, and bedside interventions...
Case Summary
- The talk focuses on preventing cardiac arrest in the emergency department (ED) by emphasizing rapid assessment, stabilization, and troubleshooting. It begins by highlighting the high percentage of in-hospital cardiac arrests that occur in the ED due to factors like disease processes, delayed triage, overcrowding, and staffing shortages. It also notes that despite challenges, ED survival rates for cardiac arrest patients are relatively good, prompting the question of how to improve them.
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Dr. Ramakrishnan Dindigal
Assistant Professor, St. John\\\'s National Academy of Health Sciences, BengaluruDisclosures
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