Humeral Intraosseous – Stay In & Stay Straight
This video shows the mechanism for dislodgement and deformation of humeral intraosseous needles and how to avoid this. In summary, […]
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Analysing Difficult Resuscitation Cases – 2
Towards Excellence in Resuscitation Analysing Difficult Resuscitation Cases #2 Occasionally we step out of the resuscitation room feeling like a […]
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Analysing Difficult Resuscitation Cases
Towards Excellence in Resuscitation Analysing Difficult Resuscitation Cases #1 A resuscitationist agonises. These words, expressed by Scott Weingart during a […]
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Understanding Elevated Lactate
I find clinicians are quick to consider sepsis and hypoperfusion/ischaemia as causes of a raised lactate, but slow to include […]
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Difficult Airway? What Kind Exactly?
Mention the term ‘difficult airway’ and many of us will conjure mental images of some kind of distorted anatomy. However, […]
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Advice To A Young Resuscitationist
This talk was the opening plenary given at smacc Chicago. The title they gave me was ‘Advice To A Young […]
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Inhaled nitric oxide: a tool for all resuscitationists?
The use of inhaled nitric oxide is established in certain groups of patients: it improves oxygenation (but not survival) in […]
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Post-arrest hypothermia in children did not improve outcome
Many clinicians extrapolate adult research findings to paediatric patients because there’s no alternative, and until now we’ve had to do […]
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CPR in Pectus Excavatum
Some pectus excavatum patients have a metal ‘Nuss bar’ inserted below the sternum which can make chest compressions more difficult. […]
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Bilateral fixed dilated pupils? Operate if extradural!
Almost two-thirds of patients with extradural haematoma and bilateral fixed dilated pupils survived after surgery, with over half having a […]