Image: A medical ultrasound linear array probe, scan head, transducer by Harrison Keely, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A […]
Flying doctor and airway fanatic Minh Le Cong sent me this poem. It’s based on the Rifleman’s creed of the […]
‘You can’t clear the cervical spine until the patient wakes up!’ How often have you heard this said about a […]
A nice study reminds of us the option of awake video laryngoscopy as an alternative to fibreoptic instrumentation of the […]
I had the honour of attending trauma rounds with leading South African trauma surgeons today at Groote Schuur Hospital in […]
Image: Human Lungs (NIH BioArt 231 – 630887) by Courtesy of NIAID Ryan Kissinger, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons A […]
The prevention and management of venous thromboembolic disease is a huge topic, which generates questions for emergency, critical care, and […]
A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials showed dobutamine is not associated with improved mortality in heart failure […]
The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine has produced a consensus statement on colloid volume therapy for critically ill patients, […]
Image: CelsiusKelvinThermometer by Martinvl, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons This study raises an important issue – how do we […]
