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I’m not sure what this offers over purpose-built supraglottic airways, but effective ventilation may be achieved after failure of mask […]
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PHARM
Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine
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Two hands on the jaw for mask ventilation
Elective surgery patients were anaesthetised with propofol with or without fentanyl and had an oropharyngeal airway placed. They were ventilated […]
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Easy on the ELM
A first report of thyroid cartilage fracture resulting from laryngoscopy and intubation has been published. An elective surgery patient underwent […]
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Military trauma care meets standards
Recent recommendations were made regarding trauma care in the UK by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death […]
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Intranasal ketamine analgesia
I published a case report in the EMJ highlighting the use of intranasal ketamine in a pre-hospital paediatric burns case. […]
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The lottery of pre-hospital physicians
In contrast to numerous other European nations, physicians with critical care skills do not consistently form part of the emergency […]
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Suspension syncope
Loss of consciousness can occur when a patient is suspended in a harness – ‘suspension syncope’, probably due to factors […]
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Which cardiac arrest survivors have a positive angio?
A retrospective study of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients attended by a French pre-hospital system was performed to assess the predictive […]
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Pre-hospital physician triage
A Swiss study examined the on site triage decision making of pre-hospital emergency physicians. Dispatch of the physicians was coordinated […]
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Supplemental oxygen decreases LV perfusion in volunteers
Oxygen therapy in normoxic acute coronary syndrome patients is controversial, and a previous systematic review cautioned against it in uncomplicated […]