Expert not happy with cricoid
Evidence-based medicine reminds us to beware ‘experts’. However, here’s one self-described expert who talks some sense. Doctor (Doktor?) HJ Priebe […]
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Negative laparotomy
The complication rate after a negative or nontherapeutic laparotomy is reported to be substantial but most of this reported morbidity […]
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Flat IVC on CT associated with deterioration
BACKGROUND: : We aimed to investigate the value of the diameter of the inferior vena cava (IVC) on initial computed […]
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Great Ultrasound site
I recently had the pleasure of talking to some of the folks from the Henepin County Medical Centre Department of […]
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H1N1 Update from UK Intensive Care
H1N1 Update 16 December 2010 sent from the UK Intensive Care Society As many of you will already be aware, […]
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Passive leg raising during CPR
Measuring end-tidal carbon dioxide (ET CO2 ) is a practical non-invasive method for detecting pulmonary blood flow, reflecting cardiac output […]
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UK Military Clinical Guidelines
In the United Kingdom, The Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine produces Clinical […]
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Brain chain
Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has been associated with improved outcomes in term infants who present with moderate hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE). However, […]
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The four-stage approach to teaching skills
Instructors and graduates of certain Life Support courses will be familiar with the ‘four stage’ approach to teaching procedural skills […]
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Needle crike: low rate and allow exhalation
Two dedicated devices for transtracheal oxygen delivery through a cricothyroidotomy needle are available, the ENK Oxygen Flow Modulator (ENK) and […]