Cricoid can worsen VL View
It is known that cricoid pressure can hinder laryngoscopic view of the cords during direct laryngoscopy. Using a Pentax-AWS Video […]
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Dogmalysis
I made up a word a while ago: “dogmalysis”. It refers to the dissolution of authoritative tenets held as established […]
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Traumatic cardiac arrest outcomes
Ever heard anyone spout dogma along the lines of: “it’s a traumatic cardiac arrest – resuscitation is futile as the […]
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Perimortem Caesarean Delivery: Late is Better than Not
“To date, approximately one-third of the women who die during pregnancy remain undelivered at the time of death” Guidelines recommend […]
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London Calling – part 2
Notes from Days 2 & 3 of the London Trauma Conference Day 2 of the LTC was really good. There […]
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Transtracheal airways in kids. Well, pigs' kids anyway
Ever had to do a surgical airway in a child? Thought not. They’re pretty rare. Bill Heegaard MD from Henepin […]
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Needle decompression: it's still not going to work
A pet topic that keeps coming up here is management of tension pneumothorax. Plenty of studies demonstrate that traditionally taught […]
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Don't bronchodilators work in infants?
Inpatient paediatric teams can be scornful when bronchodilators are given by ED staff to wheezing infants, correctly referring to the […]
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Is it time to abandon plain radiography in the trauma room?
For patients who will be having a chest CT, perhaps sonography could replace chest radiography in the resus room as […]
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Head injury was not predictive for cervical spine injury
Two papers examining the same massive European trauma dataset identify risk factors for spinal injury. The first examined all spinal […]