Pre-hospital Echo
Pre-hospital physicians in Germany performed basic echo on patients with symptoms either of profound hypotension and/or severe dyspnoea/tachypnoea where judged […]
Acute Med, All Updates, PHARM, Resus, Ultrasound
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The Sichuan Straddle
I used to see it done on ‘ER’ but never knew people really straddled patients on stretchers doing CPR. Apparently […]
All Updates, ICU, Kids, PHARM, Resus
Laryngospasm and ketamine
What are the factors associated with laryngospasm in ketamine sedation? A large study was unable to identify specific predictors: Objective: […]
All Updates, Guidelines, Kids, Resus
2J or 4J/kg in Paediatric Defibrillation?
Should we shock with 2J/kg or 4J/kg in Paediatric Defibrillation? The answer seems to be ‘we still don’t know’. Don’t […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus, Trauma
Plasma:red cell ratios
In some circles, ‘wuntwuntwun’ is in danger of becoming the new dogma of trauma fluid replacement (ie. 1 unit of […]
All Updates, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Neck movement in spite of collar
A cadaveric study using an artificially created unstable cervical spine injury has shown marked displacement of the vertebrae when cervical […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Guidelines, Resus
Testing of Low-Risk Chest Pain Patients
A summary of the literature on low risk chest pain, including history, physical exam, ECG, biomarkers, and investigations such as […]
Acute Med, All Updates, PHARM, Resus
CPR on your own? Stay at the head end
In this manikin study, single-rescuer bag-mask ventilation (BMV) with chest compressions was tried in three different positions. Staying at the […]
All Updates, Kids, PHARM, Resus
Estimating child weight in Hong Kong
We know that the ‘APLS formula’ is inaccurate as a tool for estimating weight in Western children, and British and […]
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GCS in intubated patients
We use the Glasgow Coma Score to describe conscious level, derived from eye opening, verbal response, and motor response. One […]