Pre-hospital RSI and single use blades
Single-use metal laryngoscope blades were compared in a randomised trial in the pre-hospital setting by French SAMU physicians. First-pass intubation […]
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Rocuronium vs suxamethonium
This short but punchy lecture by Reuben Strayer of the excellent Emergency Medicine Updates blog addresses some dogma and tells […]
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More on Rocuronium (and Sugammadex)
While I am gradually being persuaded rocuronium might after all be a better choice than suxamethonium for rapid sequence intubation […]
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Neuromuscular blockade facilitates mask ventilation
A blinded randomised controlled trial of rocuronium versus saline in anaesthetised patients demonstrated that mask ventilation was easier in paralysed […]
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Nasal cooling method
More data on the RhinoChill device from an in-hospital study of post-cardiac arrest patients in Germany. The RhinoChill device (BeneChill […]
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EZ-IO in pre-hospital care
French pre-hospital physicians liked the EZ-IO intraosseous drill, using it for drugs (including rapid sequence intubation drugs) and fluids in […]
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Limits on resuscitative thoractomy in ED
Eighteen trauma centers contributed ED resuscitative thoracotomy data to a study that commenced enrollment in January 2003. During the ensuing […]
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Risk factors for cervical spine injury
Data from the Crash Injury Research Engineering Network (CIREN) database were analysed to identify epidemiologic and biomechanical risk factors for cervical […]
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Balloon catheters for haemorrhage control
Something I keep up my sleeve (not literally) for managing some life-threatening vascular wounds prior to surgery is the use […]
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Difficult tube – Easytube
French pre-hospital physicians included the Easytube, which is similar to the Combitube, in their difficult airway algorithm. They describe the […]