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A trial of an impedance threshold device in out-of-hospital cardiac arrestTom P Aufderheide
Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
N Engl J Med 365:798-806. 2011..Previous studies have suggested that the use of an ITD during CPR may improve survival rates after cardiac arrest...
Incomplete chest wall decompression: a clinical evaluation of CPR performance by trained laypersons and an assessment of alternative manual chest compression-decompression techniquesTom P Aufderheide
Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Resuscitation 71:341-51. 2006..Complete chest wall recoil improves hemodynamics during CPR by generating relatively negative intrathoracic pressure, which draws venous blood back to the heart, providing cardiac preload prior to the next chest compression...
Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) PRIMED cardiac arrest trial methods part 1: rationale and methodology for the impedance threshold device (ITD) protocolTom P Aufderheide
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Resuscitation 78:179-85. 2008..Secondary aims are to compare functional status and depression at discharge and at 3 and 6 months post-discharge in survivors...
The problem with and benefit of ventilations: should our approach be the same in cardiac and respiratory arrest?Tom P Aufderheide
Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Curr Opin Crit Care 12:207-12. 2006....
Implementing the 2005 American Heart Association Guidelines improves outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrestTom P Aufderheide
Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
Heart Rhythm 7:1357-62. 2010..The purpose of the study was to determine whether applying highly recommended changes in the 2005 American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines would improve outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest...
From laboratory science to six emergency medical services systems: New understanding of the physiology of cardiopulmonary resuscitation increases survival rates after cardiac arrestTom P Aufderheide
Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Crit Care Med 36:S397-404. 2008....
Standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation versus active compression-decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation with augmentation of negative intrathoracic pressure for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a randomised trialTom P Aufderheide
Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Lancet 377:301-11. 2011..We aimed to assess effectiveness and safety of this intervention on survival with favourable neurological function after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest...
Clinical evaluation of an inspiratory impedance threshold device during standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrestTom P Aufderheide
Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Crit Care Med 33:734-40. 2005..A larger clinical trial is underway to determine the potential longer term benefits of the impedance threshold device in cardiac arrest...
Receiving hospital characteristics associated with survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrestClifton W Callaway
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Resuscitation 81:524-9. 2010..This study examined whether survival to hospital discharge was related to receiving hospital characteristics, including bed number, capability of performing cardiac catheterization and hospital volume of OOHCA cases...
The association between emergency medical services staffing patterns and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivalNicholas M Eschmann
Department of Epidemiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 14:71-7. 2010..To determine whether the number of advanced life support-trained personnel at the scene of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) was associated with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) or survival to hospital discharge...
Hospital variability of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivalJ Marc Liu
Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 12:339-46. 2008..Previous literature has identified patient and emergency medical services (EMS) system factors that are associated with survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients...
Effect of an inspiratory impedance threshold device on hemodynamics during conventional manual cardiopulmonary resuscitationRonald G Pirrallo
Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Emergency Medicine, 9200 W Wisconsin Ave, FEH Room 1870, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Resuscitation 66:13-20. 2005..The objective of this study was to determine whether an ITD would improve blood pressure (BP) in patients receiving CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest...
Incomplete chest wall decompression: a clinical evaluation of CPR performance by EMS personnel and assessment of alternative manual chest compression-decompression techniquesTom P Aufderheide
Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200W. Wisconsin Avenue, FEH Room 1870, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Resuscitation 64:353-62. 2005..These data support development and testing of more effective means to deliver manual as well as mechanical CPR...
Death by hyperventilation: a common and life-threatening problem during cardiopulmonary resuscitationTom P Aufderheide
Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Crit Care Med 32:S345-51. 2004....
Conducting research using the emergency exception from informed consent: the Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) Trial experienceVincent N Mosesso
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 230 McKee Place, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Resuscitation 61:29-36. 2004..These regulations place additional requirements for human subject protection on investigators and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), including conducting community consultation (CC) and public disclosure (PD)...
Hyperventilation-induced hypotension during cardiopulmonary resuscitationTom P Aufderheide
Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
Circulation 109:1960-5. 2004..Subsequent animal studies demonstrated that similar excessive ventilation rates resulted in significantly increased intrathoracic pressure and markedly decreased coronary perfusion pressures and survival rates...
Does the number of system paramedics affect clinical benchmark thresholds?Kristin M Vrotsos
Department of Emergency Medcine, Injury Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 12:302-6. 2008..The purpose of this study was to reevaluate the biennial (24-month) critical care skill and experience benchmark thresholds established by the Milwaukee County Emergency Medical Services (MCEMS) system in 1997...
Emergency medical services intervals and survival in trauma: assessment of the "golden hour" in a North American prospective cohortCraig D Newgard
Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239 3098, USA
Ann Emerg Med 55:235-246.e4. 2010..We evaluate the association between emergency medical services (EMS) intervals and mortality among trauma patients with field-based physiologic abnormality...
The availability and use of out-of-hospital physiologic information to identify high-risk injured children in a multisite, population-based cohortCraig D Newgard
Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 3098, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 13:420-31. 2009....
Vital organ blood flow with the impedance threshold deviceTom P Aufderheide
Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Crit Care Med 34:S466-73. 2006..Incorporation of the ITD into protocols that improve other aspects of the care of patients during cardiac arrest and after successful resuscitation should result in further benefit from the ITD...
Public access defibrillationAlexander L Sommers
Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Froedtert Hospital East, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Emerg Med Clin North Am 20:809-24. 2002..Reported VF survival rates can approach 50% or higher [11,12,62]. PAD provides the potential opportunity to transform cardiac arrest into a survivable event for most victims by making the community the ultimate coronary care unit...
Prehospital triage of chest pain patientsTodd J Crocco
Department of Emergency Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 6:224-8. 2002
Emergency medical services management of ST-elevation myocardial infarctionMichael G Millin
Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21209, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 12:395-403. 2008
The prehospital 12-lead electrocardiogram: impact on management of the out-of-hospital acute coronary syndrome patientJeffrey D Ferguson
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
Am J Emerg Med 21:136-42. 2003..Importantly, these benefits are encountered with little increase in EMS resource use or on-scene time...
Workplace AED resuscitation of a patient with a rare congenital anomalous coronary circulationJeffrey N Glaspy
Department of Emergency Medicine, Truman Medical Center, 2301 Holmes St, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
WMJ 101:59-63. 2002....
Research Grants
- Milwaukee Clinical Site HubTHOMAS AUFDERHEIDE; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Milwaukee Regional Clinical CenterTHOMAS AUFDERHEIDE; Fiscal Year: 2007..Combining clinical and basic science, this translational research study will have significant impact by addressing this important national healthcare issue. ..
