Resuscitation Guideline Changes
The European Resuscitation Council’s Summary of Major Changes in the 2010 guidelines can be downloaded here
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CAB rather than ABC
The 2010 ILCOR resuscitation guidelines were published today. Key changes and continued points of emphasis from the 2005 BLS Guidelines […]
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New CPR Guidelines
The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation has published its five-yearly update of resuscitation guidelines. The American Heart Association Guidelines can […]
All Updates, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Evidence refutes ATLS shock classification
I have always had a problem with the ATLS classification of hypovolaemic shock, and omit it from teaching as any […]
All Updates, PHARM
In-flight cooling after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Aeromedical retrieval specialists in Scotland developed a simple, cheap, effective in-flight cooling protocol using intravenous (IV) cold Hartmann’s solution and […]
All Updates, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Burr holes by emergency physicians
Emergency physicians at Hennepin County Medical Centre (HCMC) are trained in skull trephination (drilling a burr hole) for patients with […]
All Updates, Ultrasound
Asian Emergency Ultrasound Network
Got an interesting ultrasound case to share? You can upload it to the Asian Emergency Ultrasound Network. A great growing […]
All Updates, Resus
capnometry versus pulse oximetry during procedural sedation
During emergency department procedural sedation, some clinicians (myself included) advocate non-invasive capnography for the early detection of apnoea. Others argue […]
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Echo in life support feasible
Emergency physicians in Cambridge and Ipswich in the UK prospectively documented their echo use in cardiac arrest. Images were easily […]
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RCT of 7.5% saline in head injury
Over a thousand patients in North America with blunt traumatic head injury and coma who did not have hypovolaemic shock […]