Prehospital fluids for head injury – keep it simple
Just in case you thought you might be missing some recent gem on what we should be giving patients with […]
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Trauma
Care of severely injured patient
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Make space for pre-hospital intubation
“Control your environment – don’t let it control you” is a reliable adage for pre-hospital providers, and its adherence can […]
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Sedation for traumatic brain injury
What are the best sedatives for patients with traumatic brain injury? A systematic review found no evidence that one sedative […]
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Complications after penetrating cardiac injury
Trauma specialists from Arizona and California describe patients with penetrating cardiac wounds, a quarter of whom survive to discharge. Survival […]
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Predicting massive transfusion
Do you have access to thromboelastometry in your Emergency Department? Further research by some of the first discoverers of acute […]
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Modified ED thoracotomy to avoid exsanguination
Emergency physicians from Minnesota (and graduates of the amazing Hennepin Emergency Medicine Residency) describe a patient who developed cardiac tamponade […]
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More on needle thoracostomy for tension pneumothorax
Thanks to Dr. Matthew Oliver for highlighting these articles to me. The standard teaching of placing a handy iv catheter […]
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Tension pneumo treatment and chest wall thickness
An interesting ultrasound-based study challenges the assertion that a significant proportion of adults have a chest wall that is too […]
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Reversing new oral anticoagulants
A small study on normal volunteers examined reversal of the new oral anticoagulants, Rivaroxaban and Dabigatran. Rivaroxaban is a Factor […]
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Easy rapid infusion set up
Here’s a nice and simple set up for rapid iv infusions using simple cheap equipment Full details at the Scandinavian […]