Štefek Grmec

TL;DR: End-tidal carbon dioxide levels after 20 minutes of standard advanced cardiac life support may be used to predict restoration of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) with accuracy, and should be monitored during CPR and considered a useful prognostic value for determining the outcome of resuscitative efforts and when to cease CPR in the field.

TL;DR: An ultrasound comet-tail sign alone or in combination with NT-proBNP has high diagnostic accuracy in differentiating acute HF-related from COPD/asthma-related causes of acute dyspnea in the prehospital emergency setting.

TL;DR: It is found that the potential bystander in the authors' community is generally poorly educated in performing CPR, but willing to gain knowledge and skills in BLS and to follow dispatchers instructions on how to perform CPR.

TL;DR: There is a significant difference in values of the initial PetCO2 in the VF/VT cardiac arrest between patients with and without ROSC, and this difference could prove to be useful as one of the methods in prehospital diagnostic procedures and attendance of cardiac arrest.

TL;DR: APACHE II and MEES should not replace GCS in assessment of illness severity or in prediction of mortality in nontraumatic coma patients, and the GCS score provides the best indicator for these patients.