External jugular vein a tricky one
Emergency medicine residents and paramedics cannulated patients who were anaesthetised. The external jugular vein (EJV) took longer to cannulate and […]
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Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine
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IO in OI
A case report describes three failed attempts to flush or secure an intraosseous needle placed using the EZ-IO drill during […]
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HEMS paramedic intubation success
All medical out of hospital cardiac arrests attended by the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance (WNAA) over a 64-month period […]
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DC shock? I want my blankie!
A blanket made of nonconducting material was used to allow CPR to continue during defibrillation of arrested swine. Coronary perfusion […]
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Precordial thump
The precordial thump is recommended for witnessed and monitored ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia (VF/VT) cardiac arrest when a defibrillator is not […]
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Naloxone in cardiac arrest
Previous case reports and animal studies have suggested a possible role for naloxone in cardiac arrest even in the absence […]
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Thoracostomy in blunt traumatic arrest
37 patients with blunt traumatic cardiac arrest underwent attempted resuscitation by a HEMS crew over a four year period. Chest […]
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Not such a B.I.G. success in the field?
Success rates with the bone injection gun were 71% (10 out of 14) in children <16 years and 73% (19 […]
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Ballistic penetrating neck injury and the risk of immobilisation
British military physicians reported the outcomes of patients sustaining penetrating neck injury from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Three quarters […]
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Prehospital Hypocapnia and Poor Outcome After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Patients admitted to a level 1 trauma centre with traumatic brain injury whose end-tidal CO2 was kept with the Brain […]