Specialised chemical burns
Certain chemical burns require a little extra thought than just irrigation and good wound care – which may even be […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Resus
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Hypertonic saline in bronchiolitis
A Canadian randomised controlled trial compared nebulised 3% saline with 0.9% saline in 81 infants under 2 years of age […]
All Updates, PHARM, Trauma
Pre-hospital amputation
British trauma surgeon and pre-hospital pioneer Professor Keith Porter describes how to do a pre-hospital amputation in this months EMJ. […]
All Updates, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Pelvic splint improved shock
Splinted any pelvises lately? Karim Brohi’s excellent trauma.org article outlines the strengths and weaknesses of the different devices on the […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU
'AMI' on ICU
ECG machines may give a printed report saying ***ACUTE MI***. In a retrospective study, patients on the ICU whose 12 […]
All Updates, Guidelines, ICU, Resus, Trauma
Massive haemorrhage guideline
The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland has published guidelines on the management of massive haemorrhage. Their summary: […]
All Updates, Kids, Resus, Ultrasound
Aorta/IVC ratio and dehydration
Two studies this month report a correlation between ultrasound detected aorta/IVC ratio and dehydration in children presenting with diarrhoea and/or […]
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The Heart Point Sign
A case report describes the echo findings of a patient with a traumatic left sided pneumothorax. Although the subcostal view […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Resus
Venous gas in COPD exacerbation
Prolific emergency medicine researcher Anne-Maree Kelly and colleague Dr Lim from Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore have published a […]
All Updates, Kids, Resus
Propofol for kids in the ED
A systematic review of the use of propofol for paediatric procedural sedation (PPS) identified sixty studies and 17 066 published […]