Airway lessons relearned
A UK study examined all out-of-operating room intubations over a one month period in nine hospitals1. Patients whose indication for […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus
All Updates, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Another reason to be skeptical about collars
More evidence that the obsession with cervical collars is founded on dogma rather than science Background All trauma patients with […]
All Updates, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Prehospital thoracostomy tube misplacement
An interesting study from Germany examined prehospital thoracostomy tube (TT) placement by physicians working in the field. Of 69 patients […]
Acute Med, All Updates, PHARM, Resus, Ultrasound
Prehospital echo predicts arrest outcome
In hospital, the detection of cardiac standstill with ultrasound predicts a fatal outcome from cardiac arrest with a high degree […]
All Updates, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Training in prehospital and retrieval medicine
I’ve been too busy to blog literature updates for a couple of weeks since I and my colleagues have been […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
β-2 agonists could worsen ARDS outcome
A previous study (BALTI-1) suggested β-2 agonists may help in ARDS by reducing extravascular lung water. A randomised trial in […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
FIRST: Fluids in Resuscitation of Severe Trauma
This is the first randomized, controlled, double-blind study comparing crystalloids with isotonic colloids in trauma. 0.9% saline was compared with […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus
Adjacent haemofiltration catheters can remove CVC drugs
An important consideration when siting your lines in your critical care patients who require renal replacement therapy… Dual-lumen haemodiafiltration catheters […]
All Updates, Guidelines, Kids, Resus
Caution with intraosseous adenosine
Two cases of failed cardioversion of SVT after tibial intraosseous administration of adenosine in infants are described in this month’s […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
Vasopressin – what it does and doesn't do
The current Surviving Sepsis campaign guidelines recommend that vasopressin should not be administered as the initial vasopressor in septic shock, […]