Compression-only CPR vs standard CPR
Two studies comparing compression-only CPR with conventional CPR: BACKGROUND: The role of rescue breathing in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed by […]
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Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine
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Weight formula for kids
The traditional ‘APLS formula’ for weight estimation in children based on age (wt in kg = [age+4] x 2) is […]
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ETCO2 and ROSC
One for the ‘hardly surprising’ category…. A study of end-tidal CO2 during out-of-hospital adult and child cardiac arrest resuscitation showed […]
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Etomidate in RSI – systematic review
A systematic review of 20 included studies comparing a bolus dose of etomidate for rapid sequence induction with other induction […]
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Tracheal tube cuff pressure in flight
Tracheal tube cuff pressures increased from a mean 28.7 cm H2O pre-flight to 62.6 cm H2O in flight (mean altitude increase 2260 […]
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Tactical Combat Casualty Care
The brave men and women of the military not only risk their lives for us – they also provide a […]
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Less RSI desaturation with Roc
Some of my pre-hospital critical care colleagues in the UK exclusively use rocuronium in preference to suxamethonium for rapid sequence […]
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Pre-hospital RSI successes
A couple of papers in Prehospital Emergency Care this month contribute to the pre-hospital airway management / rapid sequence intubation […]
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Pre-hospital chest escharotomy
Two cases are described in Pre-hospital Emergency Care of severely burned patients who were impossible to adequately ventilate after tracheal […]
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Military pre-hospital thoracotomy
Military doctors in Afghanistan reviewed their experience of thoracotomy done within 24 hours of admission to their hospital. The ballistic […]