Beherrsche die Reanimation
The whole purpose behind my career and this blog is to save life. Like most emergency physicians I don’t see […]
All Updates, Resus
resuscitation
All Updates, ICU, Resus, Trauma
Speeding things up through equipment design
Ever been at a cardiac arrest resuscitation where someone’s opening and closing drawers at great speed but failing to retrieve […]
All Updates, Resus, Trauma
The Resus Room Life Guard
I was lucky to be accompanied through much of my emergency medicine training and specialist work in the UK by […]
All Updates, Guidelines, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Perimortem Caesarean Delivery: Late is Better than Not
“To date, approximately one-third of the women who die during pregnancy remain undelivered at the time of death” Guidelines recommend […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
London Calling – part 2
Notes from Days 2 & 3 of the London Trauma Conference Day 2 of the LTC was really good. There […]
All Updates, ICU, Kids, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Transtracheal airways in kids. Well, pigs' kids anyway
Ever had to do a surgical airway in a child? Thought not. They’re pretty rare. Bill Heegaard MD from Henepin […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Ultrasound
Echo for cardiac arrest outcome prediction
A meta-analysis of studies evaluation transthoracic echo as a means of predicting return of spontaneous circulation in cardiac arrest (ROSC) […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
Surgical treatment for acute massive pulmonary embolism
A recent paper reminds us that surgery is an option in the management of massive pulmonary embolism(1), to be considered […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus, Ultrasound
Echocardiography in Pulmonary Embolism
I had great fun joining in a Google Hangout with the Ultrasound Podcast guys and some real masters of emergency/critical […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
More on the meaning of lactate values
A newly published study(1) reminds us that we need to do better than just identify a raised lactate in patients […]