Registration Is Now Open!
ResusX:2025 is the most anticipated resuscitation conference of 2025 is now open for early-bird registration! Come to historic Philadelphia and spend three-days watching the Rockstars of Resuscitation in action. You'll see short format, high-energy talks, interviews, procedure demoes, and debates. ResusX is not simply a conference, but a resuscitative experience where you are part of the show and spend lots of time after the conference hanging out with the faculty.
Registration will not only give you full-access to the conference but also a swag bag filled with a t-shirt, mug, stickers, and a ton more. Food and snack is on us and you'll also be elibigble to earn up to 20.0 CME or CEU credit. We got your trip covered with on-site parking and an available hotel block.
We will also be offering a selection of post-conference workshops on October 2 & 3 including:
- Amal Mattu's ECG workshop
- UltraRounds: the resuscitative ultrasound workshop
- ResusReady: a procedural workshop for resuscitationists
- The Total Airway Workshop
- The Resuscitationist Guide To The Vent
Today is your opportunity to take your resuscitation skills to the next level and save big with our early-bird discounts. Come to ResusX, learn the skills and save more lives. Click on the link below to register for your early-bird tickets now.
Welcome to the 114th edition of ResusNation!
Nature's Curiosities: The Slime-Spewing, Multi-Hearted Hagfish
Get ready to have your mind a little boggled by one of the ocean's strangest characters: the hagfish. This slippery, eel-like critter has a biology that's just plain weird in the best way. For starters, forget about having just one heart – the hagfish typically has four of them working away! And if that isn't odd enough, when trouble comes calling, this creature unleashes an unbelievable amount of thick, goopy slime. Seriously, it can produce so much that it can actually suffocate predators, giving it a truly unique and rather gross way to say "leave me alone!" While you won't bump into one of these in the lakes around Towamensing Trails, picturing an animal with four hearts that can literally slime its attackers into oblivion is a wild reminder of the incredible variety of life out in the big blue (even if you'd need a trip to the Atlantic to see it firsthand!).
But the weirdness doesn't stop there. This scavenging creature has a skull protecting its brain, which makes sense, but here's the kicker: it doesn't have a proper backbone! That's right, no vertebral column, which is a defining feature for most animals with backbones. This unusual combination makes the hagfish a real head-scratcher for scientists trying to understand the early stages of vertebrate evolution. It just goes to show you that the natural world is full of creatures with truly bizarre adaptations, constantly surprising us with their unique and sometimes downright unbelievable biology.
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In this episode, Dr. Amal Mattu takes a fresh look at managing acute pulmonary edema in the emergency department. Recorded live at ResusX: Reset, Dr. Mattu dispels long-standing myths about diuretics like furosemide, explaining why early nitroglycerin use is the real game-changer. With practical advice on fluid redistribution and actionable strategies for stabilizing critically ill patients, this episode will revolutionize your approach to heart failure emergencies. Tune in for life-saving insights that challenge the status quo!
Check out this video of Dr. Derek Isenberg from ResusX:ReVolved now!
Watch 75 of Our Best Resus Videos!
Have you managed a crash airway, had to resuscitate with refractroy ventricular tachaycardia, or lead your team during a resuscitation? If you answered yes, then ask yourself, "are you treating your patients with the most cutting-edge and evidence based medicine?" Today you can sign up for ResusX:Select Volume 1,2, and 3. In all, you will get lifetime access to 75 of our very best resuscitation videos so you can take your skills to the next level!
Each of these videos is hand picked by our editorial team because they demonstrate mastery in resuscitation. Each of these videos is engaging, entertaining, and jam packed with information. At the completion of the program, you will be able to claim 12.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits or CEU contact hours.
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Is There A Role For Midodrine in Septic Shock?
Septic shock is a life-threatening condition where the body's response to an infection causes widespread damage. Patients with septic shock often need medications called vasopressors to maintain blood pressure and support vital organs. This research investigated whether adding another drug, midodrine, could help patients with septic shock. Specifically, the study wanted to find out if midodrine could improve survival rates. The main finding was that while midodrine did reduce the amount of vasopressor medication needed, it didn't actually lower the risk of death for these very sick patients.
This study shows that although midodrine can help reduce the amount of vasopressor drugs used, this does not translate to better survival. The study did have some limitations, including that it was an open-label trial, meaning that the researchers and patients knew who was receiving the drug. More research is needed to explore the best ways to use midodrine in treating septic shock and to identify which patients might benefit most.
Here's my Takeaways:
- Adding midodrine to the treatment of septic shock did not significantly reduce the 28-day in-hospital mortality compared to the standard treatment of septic shock.
- The addition of midodrine also did not significantly reduce the 7-day ICU mortality rate.
- However, midodrine significantly reduced the average dose of norepinephrine required to treat septic shock.
- Midodrine did not significantly affect the duration of intravenous norepinephrine use, the length of ICU stay, or the length of hospital stay.
Want to hear more about it? Listen now as we break down the findings that have the medical community buzzing. Click on the podcast below to dive into this game-changing research.
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Want to learn more? Read the full study Efficacy of adjuvant use of midodrine in patients with septic shock: An open label randomized controlled trial by El-Nagdy et al. in Pharmacotherapy.
Watch the April's Videos Now!
If you're an All-Access Member, you're in for some great content this month. We have FIVE videos hand-picked by our staff that are high-yield and our most highly watched. We're featuring
- Wright on "The Super Sick SAH"
- Reilly on "CT Head for the Resuscitationist - What is the Approach?"
- Haywood on "NIV Mask Seal"
- Rezaie on "DSI v. RSI"
- Qasim on "Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Breaking Down the Resuscitative Thoracotomy"
Each month we bring you fresh new content from the best of the best in resuscitation. If you're an All-Access member, go watch these videos NOW! If you're not, then sign up here.
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