Ketamine for HEMS intubation in Canada
Ketamine was used by clinical staff from the The Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) in Alberta to facilitate intubation […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
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Scene times & penetrating trauma
An observational cohort study of penetrating trauma patients treated by the Mobile Emergency Care Unit in Copenhagen, Denmark over a […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus, Trauma, Ultrasound
Ultrasound measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter
Here’s the abstract from a new study contributing the literature on ED assessment of raised intracranial pressure using ocular ultrasound: […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus
Cirrhotic patients on ICU
The prognosis of cirrhotic patients with multiple organ failure is not universally dismal. A retrospective French study examined predictive factors […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Ultrasound
Small bowel obstruction
When assessed against CT as gold standard, ultrasound diagnosis of small bowel obstruction by emergency physicians compared favourably with abdominal […]
All Updates, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Pre-hospital RSI by different specialties
This aim of the study was to evaluate the tracheal intubation success rate of doctors drawn from different clinical specialities […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
EM trainee RSI experience
A single centre observational study of rapid sequence intubation (RSI) was performed in a Scottish Emergency Department (ED) over four […]
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Huge Solar Flare
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory observed this ultraviolet image of one of the most intense solar flares witnessed in the past […]
All Updates, Guidelines, Kids, PHARM, Resus
AED Use in Children Now Includes Infants
From the new 2010 resuscitation guidelines: For attempted defibrillation of children 1 to 8 years of age with an AED, […]
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Cis-atracurium for ARDS
The ACURASYS study of atracurium vs placebo in ARDS: three ml rapid intravenous infusion of 15 mg of cis-atracurium besylate […]