Carl Haentjens
@CarlHaentjens
Critical Care Practitioner & former Resus officer / Clinical Lead @ EMTACCS / prehospital care passionate
If you’re involved in cardiac arrest management or care of critically unwell patients then there’s some ground breaking practice that will be discussed with the two founders of the SPEAR course @EMDocJB @DrPaulRees @TheResusRoom theresusroom.co.uk/courses/advanc…
This was so much fun to record! Great to spend time chatting with my colleague and friend @DrPaulRees about SPEAR and the journey we have been on together @LionelLamhaut @alice_hutin @CarlHaentjens @emtaccs @HelioPenna71 @FOAMecmo @edecmo @ZackShinar
Advancing Cardiac Arrest Care, SPEAR; Roadside to Resus-out now! An amazing episode with Jon Barratt & Paul Rees on the evidence and application of advancing care itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the… open.spotify.com/show/4pGoo1XFn… TheResusRoom.co.uk #FOAMed
Our december 2025 Mannheim #SPEAR-EMTACCS course is quickly filling up! Only 1 spot left. Interested in your cardiac arrest skills being taken to the next level, then this is the course you want to book! #cardiacarrest #hemodynamiccpr #OHCA #IHCA
Identifying patients with Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures can be challenging. I really like this summary table from JRCALC to help differentiate. The key to this is not to just “see” seizure activity, but to observe it and appreciate its nuances
🚨🚨🚨 Just published journals.lww.com/jtrauma/abstra… @JTraumAcuteSurg Review of REBOA in combat casualties on behalf of NATO
Oral systemic steroids in children with acute asthma exacerbations - all regimens seem to be similar Systematic review and network meta-analysis adc.bmj.com/content/early/…
Our december 2025 Mannheim #SPEAR-EMTACCS course is quickly filling up! Only 4 spots left. Interested in your cardiac arrest skills being taken to the next level, then this is the course you want to book! #cardiacarrest #hemodynamiccpr #OHCA #IHCA
Is your Post ROSC patient a: Neuro patient Cardiac patient Trauma patient Fun debate and discussion at the @emtaccs #SPEAR course
@FilipBrande discussing the use of blood or/and #REBOA in the exsanguinating patient. What is your view on this topic!? Come over and discuss this on our next #SPEAR-EMTACCS course in Mannheim Germany, dec 2025. @prytimemedical #traumacare emtaccs.be for more info
More REBOA teaching at the @emtaccs #SPEAR course Great enthusiasm from the candidates to further their trauma and resuscitation practice @CarlHaentjens @DrPaulRees @prytimemedical
Day 1 of the #SPEAR-EMTACCS course ended with a demo of #ECPR by Dinis and @FilipBrande. Want to get this wonderful experience as well, book your spot on the next course in Mannheim Germany, 13 & 14 dec 2025. emtaccs.be #cardiacarrest #resuscitation
Dinis from #lifeliner2 in @ErasmusMC talking about ECPR. “Cardiac arrest is a disease of time, buying time is done by very high quality BLS.” Want to join this course and discuss this and more with our faculty? emtaccs.be for a spot on our next course, december 2025.
We are underway with the 2nd @emtaccs EuroSPEAR course 🇧🇪 @CarlHaentjens starting us off with a whistle stop review of cardiac arrest physiology @DrPaulRees @EviSteen
Without him, there’d be no us. Thanks for everything! Professor Douglas Chamberlain 1931-2025.
RIP to the founding father of Paramedic Science & practice, Professor Douglas Chamberlain. An absolute legend, empowering emergency care and implementing quality cardiac arrest care in the field. You will be missed but never forgotten!

This #TeacherAppreciationWeek, we’re celebrating the incredible faculty behind The Difficult Airway Course. Thank you for your dedication to airway education—every course you teach impacts the lives of patients you may never see. Thank you for making a lasting difference! 💙
Looking forward to the next chapter in SPEAR development The first course in Germany 🇩🇪, just in time for the Christmas markets! Join us and advance your thinking in resuscitation beyond the algorithms @DrPaulRees @HaldenHB
Are you interested in real Advanced Life Support? Want go beyond a purely Algoritmic Life Support? The SPEAR-EMTACCS course is the course you need then. Meet up with like minded candidates and faculty and go into the depth of individualised #cardiacarrest management! #SPEAR