Australasian ED Airway Registry
Managing the emergency airway is one of the most important and risky things we do. We have a responsibility to […]
All Updates, Resus
critical care
All Updates, ICU
Ventilated patients better able to communicate pain with dexmedetomidine
A multicentre European trial on intensive care units showed dexmedetomidine was non-inferior to midazolam or propofol in achieving target sedation […]
All Updates, Guidelines, ICU, Resus, Trauma
Spinal imaging for the adult obtunded blunt trauma patient
‘You can’t clear the cervical spine until the patient wakes up!’ How often have you heard this said about a […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus
Awake video laryngoscopy
A nice study reminds of us the option of awake video laryngoscopy as an alternative to fibreoptic instrumentation of the […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus
Phentolamine for neurogenic pulmonary oedema
A single case report might not be practice changing, but it’s helpful to know about this option: A patient with […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
Dobutamine for severe heart failure – more harm than good?
A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials showed dobutamine is not associated with improved mortality in heart failure […]
All Updates, Guidelines, ICU, Resus
Colloid volume therapy for critically ill patients
The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine has produced a consensus statement on colloid volume therapy for critically ill patients, […]
All Updates, PHARM, Trauma
Body temperature in anaesthetised HEMS patients
This study raises an important issue – how do we keep patients with major trauma warm on the way to […]
All Updates, PHARM, Resus
The REAL Shocked Patient
I promised to put some summary notes on the site for those who attended my talk on ‘The REAL Shocked […]
All Updates, Guidelines, ICU, Kids, Resus
Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Children
The Brain Trauma Foundation has released updated guidelines on traumatic brain injury in children. Most of the recommendations are Grade […]