Infant Resuscitation with Mark Faulkner

In this session we will examine a recent publication by Clinical Practice Development Manager of the Advanced Paramedic Practitioner for critical care scheme in London Ambulance Service, Mark Faulkner, which is featured in the Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine. The case study involved the resuscitation of a VF cardiac arrest in a 3-month-old infant. 

The link to the case report can be found in the show notes and in this episode, we will be speaking with Mark (one of the authors) to both explore the case and some of the essential learning points that surround cases like this. 

We explore the following themes:

• The current statistical climate of cardiac arrest and infant cardiac arrest
• Prodromal symptoms of sick infants
• The utility of sense checks with a clinician in the control room
• Use of standard and extended diagnostics to recognise ROSC such as USS 
• Deviation from protocol (post shock pause) for good reason
• Differentiating recurrent from refractory VF from the download
• Underlying causes of structural and electrical abnormalities and cardiac myopathies
• The utility of a HOT debrief in these cases as an intrinsic benefit.

The article from the interview can be found here:

https://sjtrem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13049-021-00871-9

References to articles that Mark mentions throughout the interview can be found here: 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19913971/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1521689620301087

https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10.12968/jpar.2021.13.6.232

I hope you find this episode insightful and useful.