Scene times for rural retrieval in Scotland
The Emergency Medical Retrieval Service (EMRS) provides an aeromedical retrieval service to remote and rural communities in Scotland. They examined […]
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Ketamine for HEMS intubation in Canada
Ketamine was used by clinical staff from the The Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) in Alberta to facilitate intubation […]
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Scene times & penetrating trauma
An observational cohort study of penetrating trauma patients treated by the Mobile Emergency Care Unit in Copenhagen, Denmark over a […]
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Pre-hospital RSI by different specialties
This aim of the study was to evaluate the tracheal intubation success rate of doctors drawn from different clinical specialities […]
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Compression-only CPR vs standard CPR
Two studies comparing compression-only CPR with conventional CPR: BACKGROUND: The role of rescue breathing in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed by […]
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Is cervical spine protection always necessary following penetrating neck injury?
This short cut review in the Best Bets format attempted to answer the question: “is cervical spine protection always necessary […]
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Pre-hospital intubation 'success' at a US centre
Of 203 patients attending a US Level 1 trauma centre who had pre-hospital airway management, 25 (12%) had unrecognised oesophageal […]
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Prehospital management of severe traumatic brain injury
Prehospital management of severe traumatic brain injury A review of current practice and evidence base of this important topic can […]
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Population density & use of ambulance services
Does ambulance use differ between geographic areas? A survey of ambulance use in sparsely and densely populated areas A lower […]
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72000 retrievals by Flying Doctors
Over twelve years in Queensland the RFDS undertook over 72000 fixed wing retrievals, including over 4000 critically ill patients. Trauma […]