CVCs placed in the ED
Image: Percutaneous central venous catheters, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Central lines in the ED are more likely to […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
procedures
All Updates, ICU, Resus
Rocuronium reusable after sugammadex
Sugammadex currently has no role in my own emergency / critical care practice. However a helpful paper informs us that […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus, Ultrasound
Novel subclavian cannulation method
Ultrasound-guided subclavian vein cannulation has reduced complications, but there is still a high incidence of failure to cannulate the vein […]
All Updates, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Pre-hospital RSI by different specialties
Image: Laryngoscope by ignis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons This aim of the study was to evaluate the tracheal […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
EM trainee RSI experience
A single centre observational study of rapid sequence intubation (RSI) was performed in a Scottish Emergency Department (ED) over four […]
All Updates, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Burr holes by emergency physicians
Emergency physicians at Hennepin County Medical Centre (HCMC) are trained in skull trephination (drilling a burr hole) for patients with […]
All Updates, Resus
capnometry versus pulse oximetry during procedural sedation
Image: Pulse Oximeter Blue Colour by ParasharSarthak, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons During emergency department procedural sedation, some clinicians […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
EZ-IO outperformed B.I.G
Image: EZIODrill2021 by James Heilman, MD, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A small randomised trial of adult emergency department […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus
Alternative toothless mask position
An alternative position for holding the facemask when bag-mask ventilating edentulous patients is described and evaluated. 49 patients with inadequate […]
All Updates, ICU, Kids, Resus
FV cannulation in kids: 60° abduction
An ultrasound study on infants and children under general anaesthesia evaluated the femoral vein with the patients’ legs at 30° […]