CPR in Pectus Excavatum
Some pectus excavatum patients have a metal ‘Nuss bar’ inserted below the sternum which can make chest compressions more difficult. […]
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Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine
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Esmolol for refractory VF
Already well publicised on social media, the team at Hennepin County published a retrospective comparison between patients with refractory VF […]
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Difficult airways can't be reliably predicted
This paper1 proves what Rich Levitan has been saying (and writing) for years – that there is no method of […]
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High flow systems for apnoeic oxygenation
Apnoeic oxygenation during laryngoscopy via nasal prongs has really taken off in the last couple of years in emergency department […]
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London Cardiac Arrest Symposium 2014
The focus of the entire day is cardiac arrest and this is the second day of the London Cardiac Arrest […]
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Bilateral fixed dilated pupils? Operate if extradural!
Almost two-thirds of patients with extradural haematoma and bilateral fixed dilated pupils survived after surgery, with over half having a […]
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Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes
The latest AHA/ACC guidelines on NSTEACS have been published ahead of print in Circulation. Full text is available, and the […]
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Blunt traumatic arrest in kids
Traumatic cardiac arrest outcomes are not great, but they’re not so bad that resuscitation is futile – a subject I’ve […]
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When to Stop Resuscitation
My talk at the SmaccGOLD conference in March 2014 Cliff Reid – When Should Resuscitation Stop from Social Media and […]
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Down with "down" time!
A man in his 40s has a witnessed collapse and CPR is immediately started. Paramedics are on scene within 5 […]