Resuscitation and Cardiac Arrest

Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure

A structured approach to assessing an acutely unwell patient.

Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure, treating as you go

A memory aid for the structured assessment of an acutely unwell patient.

Two minute cycles, rhythm check, and the shockable or non-shockable arms

A memory aid for the adult ALS algorithm.

Adrenaline intramuscularly into the anterolateral thigh, immediately

A memory aid for recognising and treating anaphylaxis.

Hypotension, raised jugular venous pressure, muffled heart sounds

A mnemonic for the three signs of cardiac tamponade.

Atropine first, then the risk factors for asystole

A memory aid for the management of bradycardia and when pacing is needed.

Two shockable, two non-shockable, and the four Hs and four Ts

A memory aid for shockable and non-shockable rhythms and the reversible causes.

Equalisation of diastolic pressures with impaired filling and pulsus paradoxus

A memory aid for the haemodynamics of cardiac tamponade.

Eyes out of 4, Verbal out of 5, Motor out of 6

A memory aid for the components and scoring of the GCS.

Width tells you where it starts, regularity tells you which one

A memory aid for classifying a tachycardia by QRS width and regularity.

Enter at Larrey's point, left of the xiphoid, aiming for the left shoulder at 30 degrees

A memory aid for the subxiphoid approach to the pericardium.

Treat the cause, control physiology, and delay prognostication

A memory aid for the management of a patient after return of spontaneous circulation.

Vagal manoeuvres, then adenosine, then rate control

A memory aid for the stepwise treatment of a regular narrow complex tachycardia.