Speeding things up through equipment design
Ever been at a cardiac arrest resuscitation where someone’s opening and closing drawers at great speed but failing to retrieve […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus, Trauma
human factors
All Updates, Resus, Trauma
The Resus Room Life Guard
I was lucky to be accompanied through much of my emergency medicine training and specialist work in the UK by […]
All Updates, Guidelines, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
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 […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Kids, Resus, Trauma
Life, limb and sight-saving procedures
The challenge of competence in the face of rarity by Dr Cliff Reid FCEM, and Dr Mike Clancy FCEM This […]
All Updates, Resus, Trauma
Leadership & experience count in trauma resuscitation
These findings shouldn’t be a surprise – and the authors acknowledge a number of methodological weaknesses in what is essentially […]
All Updates, Resus
It's up to you….
Sometimes you have nothing to lose by doing a procedure that you may never have done before, if the patient […]
All Updates, PHARM
Paramedics control space
Paramedics practice ‘‘in the street’’ and perform in ‘‘a context rife with chaotic, dangerous, and often uncontrollable elements with which […]