Less smelly than chicken drumsticks
Emergency and orthopaedic doctors Elizabeth and Anthony Bateman from Britain describe their method of making a bone simulator for intraosseous […]
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Trauma
Care of severely injured patient
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Intubating spinal patients – the haemodynamics
Laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation transiently increase arterial pressure, heart rate (HR), and circulating catecholamines, in part attributed to reflex sympathetic […]
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Paramedic RSI in Australia
A prospective, randomized, controlled trial compared paramedic rapid sequence intubation with hospital intubation in adults with severe traumatic brain injury […]
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Missed PTX signs on CXR
Chest x-rays often miss pneumothoraces in the trauma room. These are occult pneumothoraces. A study using agreement by two fellowship […]
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HEMS transport may be predictor of survival
Helicopters are controversial in EMS circles, particularly in the United States, which seems to have a high number of Helicopter […]
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Negative laparotomy
The complication rate after a negative or nontherapeutic laparotomy is reported to be substantial but most of this reported morbidity […]
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Flat IVC on CT associated with deterioration
BACKGROUND: : We aimed to investigate the value of the diameter of the inferior vena cava (IVC) on initial computed […]
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UK Military Clinical Guidelines
In the United Kingdom, The Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine produces Clinical […]
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Fibrinogen concentrate
A case report of massive obstetric haemorrhage due to placental abruption describes the successful management of haemorrhage associated with a […]
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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. […]