A patient becoming alert during a resuscitation is a best-case scenario, right? Mission accomplished! Not so fast, we're not talking about ROSC, we're talking about a patient who becomes alert during CPR because we're perfusing the brain THAT well. But they don't have a pulse. When compressions stop, the patient "stops". This is traumatic for the patient, but it's also traumatic for the provider. Dr. Alex Jabr and I break down CPR induced consciousness for talk about ways to mitigate the impact it has on everyone involved.
References: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ptq8EeBp19E5rs_iWuEm-Io1gank2heV/view?usp=drivesdk
Emergency Resilience: https://www.emergencyresilience.com/