ICU – Page 21 – resusme

CRASH-2 and head injury

Cliff / August 14, 2011

The overall effect of the antifibrinolytic drug tranexamic acid on outcome from major trauma was assessed in the CRASH-2 trial, […]

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Snakebite Guideline

Cliff / August 9, 2011

The Australian Resuscitation Council has released guidelines on snakebite envenomation, and on pressure immobilisation of snakebite wounds. Envenomation Pressure Immobilisation […]

All Updates, ICU, Resus, Trauma

Better than FFP in trauma?

Cliff / August 3, 2011

Replacement of clotting factors in bleeding trauma patients seems to be of benefit, but are coagulation factor concentrates safer than […]

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Verapamil vs adenosine for SVT

Cliff / July 25, 2011

Most people reach for the adenosine once vagotonic manouevres have failed in SVT, but some patients find the side effects […]

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Crike rate 1 in 500 in Scottish ED

Cliff / July 20, 2011

A review of over 2500 intubation attempts in the emergency department1, (of which 1671 were rapid sequence intubation attempts) revealed […]

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How much oxygen after ROSC?

Cliff / July 12, 2011

I reported a previous JAMA publication demonstrating an association between hyperoxia and mortality in patients resuscitated post-cardiac arrest. The same […]

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Paeds BVM for adult resuscitation

Cliff / July 3, 2011

Three hand-ventilation systems were used in a simulated adult resuscitation to determine the delivered volumes. The mean minute ventilation delivered […]