NIV for weaning
Use of non-invasive ventilation to wean critically ill adults off invasive ventilation: meta-analysis and systematic review The growing evidence base […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU
critical care
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Prehospital airway equipment on UK HEMS
Prehospital airway management on rescue helicopters in the United Kingdom 26 of 27 identified UK rescue helicopter bases responded to […]
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Transfusion and ARDS
Blood transfusion in trauma is a risk factor for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). An analysis of 14070 patients in […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Delays to neurosurgery
Further evidence from the UK shows that patients with acute traumatic brain injury suffer delays in the neurosurgical evacuation of […]
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Ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis
Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is a well recognised complication of ICU care, but colonisation and infection further up the respiratory […]
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Dexmedetomidine vs midazolam
An industry-sponsored double-blind randomised controlled trial comparing midazolam with the central alpha-2 agonist dexmedetomidine showed the newer drug to provide […]
All Updates, PHARM, Trauma
Queensland HEMS intubations
Careflight Queensland report a 9 month series of intubations by their doctor-paramedic HEMS teams who performed 39 intubations (and assisted […]
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Failed prehospital intubation attempts and pneumonitis
A review of 1954 out-of-hospital tracheal intubation (ETI) attempts by EMS crews revealed 444 (22.7%) patients experienced one or more […]
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Prehospital intubation of children
A prospective observational study of paediatric patients requiring pre-hospital intubation attended by a helicopter medical team (HMT) included 95 children […]