High-Dose N-Acetylcysteine Therapy for H1N1
A case report describes the improvement of a critically ill patient with H1N1 ‘flu after the administration of N-acetylcysteine in […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU
Acute Med, All Updates, Resus
Steroids for pneumonia?
Steroids are useful in asthma and COPD exacerbations, which are lung problems. Pneumonia is a lung infection, so steroids might […]
All Updates, PHARM
Pre-hospital RSI successes
A couple of papers in Prehospital Emergency Care this month contribute to the pre-hospital airway management / rapid sequence intubation […]
All Updates, PHARM, Trauma
Pre-hospital chest escharotomy
Two cases are described in Pre-hospital Emergency Care of severely burned patients who were impossible to adequately ventilate after tracheal […]
All Updates, Resus, Trauma
Two tier trauma team
Rather than activating a full trauma team based on traditional criteria, this team devised a two tier approach; if there […]
All Updates, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Military pre-hospital thoracotomy
Military doctors in Afghanistan reviewed their experience of thoracotomy done within 24 hours of admission to their hospital. The ballistic […]
All Updates, Kids, Resus
New meningococcal guideline
The UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has produced a guideline on the management of bacterial meningitis and […]
All Updates, Kids, PHARM, Resus
Infant CPR: two thumbs even when alone
Infant CPR guidelines recommend two-finger chest compressions with a lone rescuer and two-thumb with two rescuers. Two-thumb provides better chest […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Resus
Valsalva technique in SVT
Investigators at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney (it’s good there) did a literature review to determine the best […]
All Updates, PHARM
Surviving avalanche burial
Avalanche burial has a high mortality and yet in some cases there have been some amazing saves despite prolonged cardiac […]