EM trainee RSI experience
A single centre observational study of rapid sequence intubation (RSI) was performed in a Scottish Emergency Department (ED) over four […]
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Cis-atracurium for ARDS
The ACURASYS study of atracurium vs placebo in ARDS: three ml rapid intravenous infusion of 15 mg of cis-atracurium besylate […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Pre-hospital cooling post arrest
An Australian randomised controlled trial assessed the effect of pre-hospital cooling (using 2 litres ice cold Hartmann’s) of post-cardiac arrest […]
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Unilateral pulmonary oedema worse
A few years ago in the Emergency Department I managed a sick hypotensive, hypoxic 20-something year old with a unilateral […]
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Give all sick patients oestrogen?
A thought provoking article in Critical Care Medicine outlines basic science, animal, and human studies that suggest oestrogen may have […]
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ABCDE of ICU cognitive outcomes
Applying best evidence using simple easily remembered tools appeals to my small and busy brain. A system of minimising the […]
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EZ-IO outperformed B.I.G
A small randomised trial of adult emergency department patients showed faster insertion and higher success rates with the EZ-IO compared […]