Hilar Twists & Human Error
An engaging scene from ‘Code Blue‘ demonstrated a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service team managing a patient with major thoracic haemorrhage. They […]
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Open cardiac massage in asthmatic arrests?
This idea was provoked by a colleague some years ago who could not achieve a palpable pulse during CPR of […]
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Profound hypothermia and no ECMO?
Patients in cardiac arrest due to severe hypothermia benefit from extracorporeal rewarming, and it is often recommended that they are […]
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Time to change thinking on 'cricoid pressure'
I don’t like cricoid pressure. Some people do. There is insufficient evidence that it is of any benefit. There is […]
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Palpating neonatal tracheal tubes
After neonatal intubation, the incidence of malposition of the tip of the tracheal tube is fairly high. A technique was […]
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Guidelines on prehospital drug-assisted LMA insertion
The UK’s Faculty of Prehospital Care has published a number of consensus guidelines in this month’s EMJ Dr Minh Le […]
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Pleurodesis for spontaneous pneumothorax?
A Taiwanese study demonstrated a lower recurrence rate when primary spontaneous pneumothoraces requiring drainage received pleurodesis using minocycline(1). However, significantly […]
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Thenar eminence based medicine
A recent study showed superior effectiveness of one bag-mask ventilation style over another in novice providers. The technique recommended is […]
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Awake intubation
I had some fun today getting intubated. We used the Ambu aScope 2 and the Greater Sydney Area HEMS equipment […]
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Another argument for ED thoracotomy
A team from Los Angeles (including the great Kenji Inaba) has published a study on penetrating cardiac wounds in the […]