Although repression against elites is a common occurrence in authoritarian regimes, we know little about which are targeted. This paper uses an original dataset on the prosecution of mayors large Russian cities to examine factors that make elites more likely be arrested. We argue electoral regimes like Russia, regime leaders reluctant arrest popular ocials. Such ocials command political ...

The European Resuscitation Council Guidelines recommend the administration of fibrinolytic therapy when acute pulmonary embolism is a known or suspected cause cardiac arrest. However, contraindications that limit use fibrinolytics are sometimes challenged by clinicians, including head trauma in previous three weeks. We report on successful rescue patient with who had arrest emergency department...

Chest compressions have been suggested to provide passive ventilation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Measurements of this ventilatory mechanism only performed upon arrival out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients in the emergency department. Lung and thoracic characteristics rapidly change following arrest, possibly limiting effectiveness after prolonged resuscitation efforts. Goal study ...