American airway management in the field
I often wonder why my US colleagues are so vehemently opposed to out-of-hospital tracheal intubation. This paper provides a clue. […]
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Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine
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FAST 1 success rates in the field
Three quarters of attempts to place the FAST 1 sternal intraosseous device were successful… Introduction: Access to the vascular system […]
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Intubation checklist
Perhaps you’ve read the blog post and heard the podcast about the excellent NAP4 airway audit…..now you can start putting […]
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Status epilepticus review
A review on status epilepticus, differentiating complex partial status from generalised convulsive status: PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Status epilepticus is one […]
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STEMI criteria vary with age and sex
On reading through the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science – Part 10: […]
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Military vascular injury to the torso is deadly
Outcomes are described for military personnel with vascular injury sustained in Afghanistan and Iraq. BACKGROUND: Military injuries to named blood […]
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Pre-hospital Airtraq use often failed
The Airtraq seems nifty when you try it on a manikin, but until now the question of whether it would […]
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Salt or sugar on the brain
A meta-analysis suggests hypertonic saline may be more effective at lowering intracranial pressure than mannitol. An accompanying editorial cleverly entitled […]
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Cardiac arrest drugs and pupils
Although not predictive immediately post-cardiac arrest in the emergency department, dilated unreactive pupils two or three days later on the […]
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Pre-hospital transcranial Doppler
The SAMU (Service d’aide médicale urgente) guys have had a run of interesting pre-hospital publications lately. In this study, one […]