Crike rate 1 in 500 in Scottish ED
Image: Edinburgh skyline – geograph.org.uk – 648277 by Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons A review of over […]
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procedures
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Paeds BVM for adult resuscitation
Three hand-ventilation systems were used in a simulated adult resuscitation to determine the delivered volumes. The mean minute ventilation delivered […]
All Updates, Kids, PHARM, Resus
Infant CPR causing rib fractures
Image: Pediatric CPR training mannequin (infant)-bs by Minja Klarić, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons An increase in rib fractures […]
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Single bag for adults and kids
A nice idea – using a single adult self-inflating bag for the resuscitation of adult and paediatric patients, marked to […]
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American airway management in the field
I often wonder why my US colleagues are so vehemently opposed to out-of-hospital tracheal intubation. This paper provides a clue. […]
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FAST 1 success rates in the field
Image: Pacific Partnership 2024-1- Intraosseous Infusion Training at Belau National Hospital (8190776) by U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Justin Ontiveros, […]
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Disposable flexible intubating scope
There is now a single use flexible intubating device that compares favourably with conventional fibreoptic devices. It does not have […]
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Remifentanil for awake intubation
Awake fibreopic intubation (AFOI) is indicated in a subgroup of critically ill patients in whom RSI is contraindicated due to […]
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Pre-hospital Airtraq use often failed
The Airtraq seems nifty when you try it on a manikin, but until now the question of whether it would […]
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Video laryngoscope successes and failures
With a difficult airway, video laryngoscopes can get you out of a hole – or rather into one. However they’re […]