Population density & use of ambulance services
Does ambulance use differ between geographic areas? A survey of ambulance use in sparsely and densely populated areas A lower […]
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72000 retrievals by Flying Doctors
Over twelve years in Queensland the RFDS undertook over 72000 fixed wing retrievals, including over 4000 critically ill patients. Trauma […]
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NIV for weaning
Use of non-invasive ventilation to wean critically ill adults off invasive ventilation: meta-analysis and systematic review The growing evidence base […]
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Tibial vs humeral intraosseous approaches
An observational, prospective study comparing tibial and humeral intraosseous access using the EZ-IO Emergency physicians at Singapore General Hospital found […]
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Prehospital airway equipment on UK HEMS
Prehospital airway management on rescue helicopters in the United Kingdom 26 of 27 identified UK rescue helicopter bases responded to […]
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Trauma scissors vs the Rescue Hook
Trauma scissors vs the Rescue Hook, exposing a simulated patient: a pilot study American military investigators compared traditional trauma scissors […]
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Fluid Flow Through Intravenous Cannulae
Published flow rates for cannulae are derived from a test in which fluid runs through a perfectly straight cannula into […]
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High BMI and frontal crashes
In adult patients injured in front impact motor vehicle collisions, the outcomes of obese patients with a Body Mass Index […]
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Tourniquets Revisited
A volunteer study showed that tourniquets were just as effective at occluding distal blood flow measured by doppler signal when […]
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ETCO2 all over the place in trauma
In 180 intubated trauma patients in the ED, there was little correlation between arterial carbon dioxide tension (PaCO2) and end-tidal […]