Cricoid can worsen VL View
It is known that cricoid pressure can hinder laryngoscopic view of the cords during direct laryngoscopy. Using a Pentax-AWS Video […]
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Swallow a camera in GI bleed
Two recent studies evaluate the use of a novel ingestable camera to diagnose upper gastrointestinal bleeding in emergency department patients. […]
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Identifying the febrile kid who's too tachypnoeic
Body temperature raises heart rate and respiratory rate in kids, potentially affecting our interpretation of these clinical signs. Dutch investigators […]
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Hypothermia as an inotrope
This small study supports the hypothesis that therapeutic hypothermia can have positive inotropic effects in patients with cardiogenic shock of […]
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Beherrsche die Reanimation
The whole purpose behind my career and this blog is to save life. Like most emergency physicians I don’t see […]
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High flow nasal cannula oxygen
Where I work high flow humidified nasal cannula oxygen (HFNC) is used for infants with bronchiolitis and our ICU also […]
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Lateral chest thrusts for choking
An interesting animal study examined the techniques recommended in basic choking management algorithms for foreign body airway obstruction (chest and […]
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Save a life by watching telly?
If you’re in the United Kingdom on Thursday 21st March please consider watching BBC’s Horizon program at 9pm on BBC2. […]
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Traumatic cardiac arrest outcomes
Ever heard anyone spout dogma along the lines of: “it’s a traumatic cardiac arrest – resuscitation is futile as the […]
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On chicken bombs and muppets
I want to clarify some terminology I use on a day-to-day basis, which is now so ingrained in my vocabulary […]