Profound hypothermia and no ECMO?
Patients in cardiac arrest due to severe hypothermia benefit from extracorporeal rewarming, and it is often recommended that they are […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Kids, Resus
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When to Stop Resuscitation
My talk at the SmaccGOLD conference in March 2014 Cliff Reid – When Should Resuscitation Stop from Social Media and […]
Acute Med, All Updates, PHARM, Resus
Down with "down" time!
A man in his 40s has a witnessed collapse and CPR is immediately started. Paramedics are on scene within 5 […]
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Emergency Medicine – A Great Job
I was asked to speak at the Australasian Conference for Emergency Medicine‘s Annual Scientific Conference in Adelaide in November 2013. […]
All Updates
Time to change thinking on 'cricoid pressure'
I don’t like cricoid pressure. Some people do. There is insufficient evidence that it is of any benefit. There is […]
All Updates, ICU, Kids, PHARM, Resus
Breaking with tradition in paediatric RSI
‘Traditional’ rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia is often described with inclusion of cricoid pressure and the strict omission of any […]
All Updates, ICU, Kids, PHARM, Resus
Palpating neonatal tracheal tubes
After neonatal intubation, the incidence of malposition of the tip of the tracheal tube is fairly high. A technique was […]
All Updates, ICU, Kids, PHARM, Resus
Atropine for Paediatric RSI?
In some areas it has been traditional to pre-medicate or co-medicate with atropine when intubating infants and children, despite a […]
All Updates, Kids, Resus, Trauma
Resus Team Size and Productivity
A paediatric trauma centre study showed that in their system, seven people at the bedside was the optimum number to […]
All Updates, ICU, Kids, PHARM
High Flow Nasal Cannulae In Paediatric Retrieval
High Flow Nasal Cannulae (HFNC) oxygen therapy was introduced in paediatric interfacility retrievals undertaken by the Mater Children’s PICU Retrieval […]