Better outcome with paediatric retrieval teams
Data from the England and Wales Paediatric Intensive Care Audit Network on children (aged 16 years or younger) admitted to […]
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Less smelly than chicken drumsticks
Emergency and orthopaedic doctors Elizabeth and Anthony Bateman from Britain describe their method of making a bone simulator for intraosseous […]
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VF on echo
How can you not love those guys at hqmeded.com? Here’s a great case of theirs demonstrating the echocardiographic appearance of […]
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Australasian resus guidelines
Australian and New Zealand resuscitation councils have now revealed their resuscitation guidelines for adults and children. The index of guidelines […]
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Intubating spinal patients – the haemodynamics
Laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation transiently increase arterial pressure, heart rate (HR), and circulating catecholamines, in part attributed to reflex sympathetic […]
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Paramedic RSI in Australia
A prospective, randomized, controlled trial compared paramedic rapid sequence intubation with hospital intubation in adults with severe traumatic brain injury […]
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“Ski Lift” Ultrasound Technique
In Dr Jason Nomura’s excellent blog takeokun.com he describes his technique to assist in viewing the needle during in-plane ultrasound […]
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Ketamine update
Anaesthetist Dr Jan Persson from Stockholm has published an updated review of recent ketamine literature. The following interesting facts about […]
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Newborn mask ventilation
Seventy doctors and nurses from neonatal units administered positive pressure ventilation to a term newborn manikin using a Neopuff T-piece […]
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Swimming the Channelopathy
Drowning is one of the leading causes of accidental death in children. Some apparent drownings may be related to sudden […]