Newborn mask ventilation
Seventy doctors and nurses from neonatal units administered positive pressure ventilation to a term newborn manikin using a Neopuff T-piece […]
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Tracheobronchial Foreign Bodies in Children
Image: Button surgically removed from a child's nose, United Kingdo Wellcome L0058148, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Asphyxiation by […]
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Expert not happy with cricoid
Image: Cartilage Anatomy of the Larynx by Annie Campbell (29539016945), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Evidence-based medicine reminds us […]
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Negative laparotomy
Image: French surgical instruments 1700s by Charles Dionis, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The complication rate after a negative or […]
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The four-stage approach to teaching skills
Instructors and graduates of certain Life Support courses will be familiar with the ‘four stage’ approach to teaching procedural skills […]
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Needle crike: low rate and allow exhalation
Image: Cricothyrotomy by PhilippN, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Two dedicated devices for transtracheal oxygen delivery through a cricothyroidotomy […]
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Pre-hospital amputation
British trauma surgeon and pre-hospital pioneer Professor Keith Porter describes how to do a pre-hospital amputation in this months EMJ. […]
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Propofol for kids in the ED
Image: Propofol by User:JohnOyston, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons A systematic review of the use of propofol for paediatric […]
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Left molar approach
Image: Macintosh Blades by Sasata (talk), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The left molar approach is a technique to […]
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LMA not always successful; needle crike fails often
Image: ProSeal Laryngeal Mask Airway inflated 001 by ignis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons A meta-analysis of pre-hospital airway […]