October 2010 – resusme

Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus, Ultrasound

Novel subclavian cannulation method

Cliff / October 31, 2010

Ultrasound-guided subclavian vein cannulation has reduced complications, but there is still a high incidence of failure to cannulate the vein […]

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Scene times for rural retrieval in Scotland

Cliff / October 30, 2010

Image: 1981 Northern Constabulary Off-road vehicles (ATV Mountain) — Snow Trac by Dave Conner, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons […]

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Paediatric arrest outcomes

Cliff / October 29, 2010

A study of out-of-hospital paediatric arrests in Melbourne gives some useful outcome data: overall, paediatric victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest […]

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Ketamine for HEMS intubation in Canada

Cliff / October 28, 2010

Ketamine was used by clinical staff from the The Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) in Alberta to facilitate intubation […]

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Scene times & penetrating trauma

Cliff / October 27, 2010

Image: Queensland Railway Ambulance Corps Interstate competion team, J. Leo Mason (captain) 1920s Melbourne by John Robert McPherson, CC0, via […]

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Ultrasound measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter

Cliff / October 26, 2010

Image: Eye orbit anatomy anterior2 by Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons Here’s the abstract […]

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Cirrhotic patients on ICU

Cliff / October 25, 2010

The prognosis of cirrhotic patients with multiple organ failure is not universally dismal. A retrospective French study examined predictive factors […]

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