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Pre-hospital NIV

Cliff / July 16, 2011

Pre-hospital non-invasive ventilation for patients with acute dyspnoea features in two journals this month. Researchers at the Ambulance Service New […]

Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus

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 […]

Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus

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 […]

All Updates, Kids, PHARM, Resus

Normal heart and respiratory rates in children

Cliff / June 24, 2011

A large review has established normal ranges of heart rate and respiratory rate in children from birth to 18 years […]

All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Trauma

How about pre-hospital tranexamic acid?

Cliff / June 23, 2011

The CRASH 2 trial showed improved outcomes in trauma from the administration of the antifibrinolytic drug tranexamic acid. A further […]

All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus

Tympanic monitoring for targeted temperature management

Cliff / June 20, 2011

As the authors of this study point out, the reliability of tympanic temperature monitoring is still under debate. Since invasive […]

All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Trauma

RSI complications increase with intubation difficulty

Cliff / June 5, 2011

A substudy of a large randomised controlled trial comparing etomidate with ketamine for RSI in the pre-hospital environment, emergency department, […]

All Updates, Kids, PHARM, Resus