Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Image: Ecmo schema-1- by Jürgen Schaub. de:User:Mr.Flintstone, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons You have a patient in cardiac […]
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Hypothermia after long down times
You receive a patient resuscitated from cardiac arrest to a perfusing rhythm in your emergency department. History suggests a long […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
The Bleeding Trauma Patient
The Bleeding Trauma Patient by Dr Pete Sherren By popular request, Here are the slides from a presentation given by […]
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A better way to tilt pregnant patients?
To alleviate aortocaval compression, it is recommended to tilt pregnant patients into the left lateral tilt position during resuscitation. Aortocaval […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Kids, Resus, Trauma
Life, limb and sight-saving procedures
The challenge of competence in the face of rarity by Dr Cliff Reid FCEM, and Dr Mike Clancy FCEM This […]
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Leadership & experience count in trauma resuscitation
These findings shouldn’t be a surprise – and the authors acknowledge a number of methodological weaknesses in what is essentially […]
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Nonshockable arrest survival improves with uninterrupted compressions
A study of nonshockable out of hospital cardiac arrest survival showed significant improvement in short- and long-term survival and neurological […]
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Not a pin cushion
Image: Rope pin cushion 5 by myam, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons This is the daughter of my friend. […]
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In CPR depth is good, but how deep to compress?
Some defibrillators have accelerometers capable of measuring chest compression depth during CPR. This allowed a study correlating compression depth with […]
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Extubation guidelines
Tracheal extubation is a high risk procedure in anaesthesia and critical care. Until now most guidelines have focused on intubation, […]