End tidal CO2 in cardiac arrest
Image: Capnogram1 by Rschiedon at Dutch Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Measuring end-tidal CO2 in cardiac arrest patients […]
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February 2011
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UK children sedation guideline
Despite the huge number of articles in the literature on paediatric sedation, one still encounters acrimonious debates about the appropriateness […]
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Propofol and the heart
I don’t normally blog about animal studies, but on reading a review of recent(-ish) shock research I was interested in […]
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Pre-hospital therapeutic hypothermia
A Czech study demonstrated effective pre-hospital therapeutic cooling of post-cardiac arrest patients using fairly modest amounts of intravenous saline at […]
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Prone ventilation in ARDS
Image: Anatomy of the lungs, neck tab XI Cortana anatomicae by Pietro, da Cortona, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Prone […]
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Extracorporeal CPR
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (E-CPR) using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support during inhospital cardiac arrest has been attempted to improve the […]
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Better outcomes with conventional CPR
A very large nationwide Japanese observational study examined outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients who received CPR from lay rescuers. […]
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Cervical spine guideline
The UK College of Emergency Medicine has produced guidelines on the management of cervical spine injury in the ED Since […]