Deciding who doesn't need abdominal CT in trauma
A derivation then validation study on adults with blunt torso trauma found the absence of the following factors to be […]
All Updates, Resus, Trauma
October 2009
All Updates, Guidelines, Kids
New Guidelines for Care of Children in the Emergency Department
A joint policy statement from the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics lists guidelines and […]
All Updates, Resus
Effects of bed height on the performance of chest compressions
In a manikin study of CPR, there was a decrease in mean depth of chest compressions when the height of […]
All Updates, PHARM, Trauma
Paramedics apply cervical spine rule successfully
The Canadian C-Spine rule – a decision instrument designed to clinically rule out important cervical spine injuries in alert patients […]
All Updates, ICU, Kids, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Tying the tracheal tube
After intubation it is critical to securely fasten the tracheal tube so it does not dislodge during transfer. Dedicated devices […]
All Updates, ICU
Two new studies on ECMO
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) for severe respiratory failure features in two important papers recently. The first, the CESAR trial, is […]
Resus
Educational resources
Airway Basic airway management in adults Basic airway management in children Tracheal intubation in adults Tracheal intubation in children Rapid […]
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Decision instrument for head CT in children
A derivation then validation study was done on over 40000 children with head injuries to identify factors associated with clinically […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU
NIV after extubation prevented respiratory failure
Spanish investigators compared NIV for 24 hours with conventional oxygen therapy in patients with chronic respiratory disorders who were extubated […]