A new multicenter trial published in NEJM, commonly known as the “TTM2” trial, evaluated treating patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with targeted temperature management to 33C versus controlled normothermia, and found th

Episode 24 - ECG Timing and Post-Cardiac Arrest Cath Findings

Apr 19th, 2021 28m 49s

Electrocardiography (ECG) represents a central diagnostic tool in the post-arrest evaluation of patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), and it should be acquired immediately after achievement of ROSC to identify the ne

Episode 23 - Cardiac arrest, up close and personal: A discussion with @Lglaucomflecken

Mar 12th, 2021 35m 10s

While we have focused on the science of targeted temperature management and other care strategies for critically ill survivors, it is important for us to remember that real people experience cardiac arrest and the consequences. In this unique e

Episode 22 - The Role of Oxygen in Critical Illness

Jan 29th, 2021 21m 30s

The role of oxygenation during critical illness remains a major question. Is extra oxygen harmful or helpful? What oxygen levels should we target, both for respiratory failure and for patients after cardiac arrest? Dr. Benjamin Abella discusse

Episode 21 - IHCA during the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications of COVID-19 for resuscitation care

Nov 14th, 2020 28m 57s

Critical illness from COVID19 remains a major challenge to health systems worldwide. When patients progress to in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA), what is the chance of survival? Studies have so far revealing conflicting answers to this importa

Episode 20 - Resuscitation Guideline in the time of COVID-19

Jul 3rd, 2020 37m 36s

Dr. Felipe Teran joins Drs. Cindy Hsu and Hans van Schuppen to discuss recent guidance regarding cardiac arrest resuscitation during the COVID-19 pandemic.Key publications referenced in this episode:Couper K, Taylor-Phillips S, Grove A, et

Episode 19 - OHCA during the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications of COVID-19 for resuscitation care

Jun 15th, 2020 21m 38s

Dr. Felipe Teran discusses the recent studies pertainig to OHCA during the COVID-19 pandemic.Key publications referenced in this episode:Baldi E et al. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest during the Covid-19 outbreak in Italy. N Engl J Med 2020

Episode 18 - Survivorship: The new frontier in post-arrest care

Mar 6th, 2020 21m 15s

Dr. Abella discusses a very recent American Heart Association scientific statement on cardiac arrest survivorship, increasingly recognized as an important topic around the globe. While many studies have evaluated survival to hospital discharge,

Episode 17 - New evidence: physician perspectives on post-arrest neuroprognostication

Feb 14th, 2020 22m 42s

Drs. Teran and Abella discuss a hot-off-the-press survey study by Maciel CB et al (Critical Care Medicine, 2020), probing physician perspectives and practice on post-arrest neurologic assessment and prognostication. Do all of us follow the inte

Episode 16 - Gender differences in cardiac arrest and post-arrest care

Jan 10th, 2020 19m 24s

Drs. Abella and Teran discuss the scientific literature surrounding gender differences in care during and following cardiac arrest. From differences in bystander CPR provision for public cardiac arrests to post-arrest DNR status and cardiac cat

Episode 15 - ReSS Year in Review: Part 2 of 2

Dec 15th, 2019 25m 50s

Drs. Robert Neumar and Cindy Hsu (both at University of Michigan) continue their discussion with Dr. Felipe Teran following the plenary “Year in Review” presentation by Dr. Neumar at the American Heart Association Resuscitation Science Symposiu

Episode 14 - ReSS Year in Review: Part 1 of 2

Dec 3rd, 2019 25m 42s

Resuscitation Science Top Studies of 2019: Part 1 of 2Drs. Robert Neumar and Cindy Hsu (both at University of Michigan) are guest presenters in this special TTM Academy Podcast, hosted by Dr. Felipe Teran. They recap the plenary “Year in Revie

Episode 13 – Transesophageal echocardiography during cardiac arrest resuscitation

Nov 8th, 2019 31m 28s

Drs. Teran and Abella discuss the role of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in the resuscitation of cardiac arrest patients. Listen for details of how this cutting-edge application of TEE could play a role in improving arrest diagnostics,

Episode 12 - HYPERION Results - TTM following non-shockable cardiac arrest

Oct 4th, 2019 26m 13s

Earlier this week, results from the HYPERION trial were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Drs. Abella and Teran discuss the use of TTM for patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest with a non-shockable initial rhythm.Suggeste

Episode 11 - ECMO Implementation for Refractory Cardiac Arrest in the ED

Sep 20th, 2019 18m 35s

Following the success of Episode 6, which discussed the scientific evidence for ECMO in cardiac arrest, we decided to take a deeper look at the implementation of ECMO in the ED. Drs. Felipe Teran and Joseph Tonna discuss the utilization of ECMO

Episode 10 - TTM Following Opioid Overdose Cardiac Arrest

Sep 6th, 2019 16m 24s

Drs. Teran and Abella discuss the role of TTM for patients following cardiac arrest caused by opioid overdose. Several recent observational studies are reviewed to understand the demographics of patients who suffer opioid-related cardiac arrest

Episode 9 - MRI Imaging for Post-Arrest Neurological Prognostication

Aug 23rd, 2019 18m 21s

Following resuscitation from cardiac arrest, accurate evaluation of neurological recovery can help guide patient care and family decisions. In this podcast, Drs. Teran and Abella discuss a recent investigation into the use of MRI imaging in pro

Episode 8 – Oxygen Delivery After Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation

Aug 9th, 2019 18m 37s

Episode 8 – Oxygen Delivery After Cardiac Arrest ResuscitationDuring cardiac arrest resuscitation, most patients are intubated and placed on 100% oxygen. In this podcast, Drs. Teran and Abella discuss recent investigations that suggest that

Episode 7 - Cardiac Arrest Regionalized Care

Jul 19th, 2019 15m 37s

Drs. Felipe Teran and Ben Abella discuss an important recent publication in Annals of Emergency Medicine by Elmer et al, in which some of the strongest evidence to date are presented that support the concept of “cardiac arrest centers”, much li

Episode 6 - ECMO for Cardiac Arrest

Jul 5th, 2019 25m 14s

Drs. Benjamin Abella, John Greenwood and Felipe Teran discuss the use of ECMO (extra corporeal membrane oxygenation) for cardaic arrest patients. Referenced article:Weisfeldt ML, Becker LB. Resuscitation after cardiac arrest: a 3-phase tim

Episode 5 - The Importance of Neurological Monitoring Post-Arrest

Jun 15th, 2019 24m 47s

Dr. Felipe Teran discusses with Dr. Ramani Balu the importance of post-arrest neurological monitoring.The Online TTM Course is now OPEN! Visit upenn.cloud-cme.com/ttmonline for more information or to register.

Episode 4 - Transnasal Cooling During Cardiac Arrest

May 13th, 2019 10m 45s

Dr. Abella discusses the recent publication in JAMA regarding the PRINCESS trial of intra-arrest brain cooling.JAMA Article: https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.4149Pre-hospital cold saline: https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2013.282173TTM Acade

Episode 3 - Neuroprognostication

Apr 12th, 2019 11m 49s

Dr. Abella discusses neuroprognostication following cardiac arrest and how long to continue care before considering withdrawl.TTM Academy: www.med.upenn.edu/resuscitation/ttm-academy.htmlFor updates: text TTM to 31996 or email TTMtraining@pen

Episode 2 - Post-Arrest Coronary Angiography

Mar 29th, 2019 14m 51s

Dr. Abella discusses the recent publication - Coronary Angiography after Cardiac Arrest without ST-Segment Elevation. For the full article abstract visit: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1816897** TTM Academy podcasts are intende

Episode 1 - Goal Temperature for Targeted Temperature Management

Mar 7th, 2019 19m 13s

Welcome to the first episode of Penn Medicine's TTM Academy Podcast. Dr. Benjamin Abella discusses the goal temperatures for TTM. Send ideas for new topics to [email protected] more about TTM Academy: www.med.upenn.edu/r