Author Archives: ketaminh

Disruption, Danger, and Droperidol: Emergency Management of the Agitated Patient — Intensive Care Network

The role of physical and chemical restraints, neuroleptics, benzodiazepines, and ketamine, and the diagnostic and therapeutic priorities for the acute care provider. The post Disruption, Danger, and Droperidol: Emergency Management of the Agitated Patient appeared first on Intensive Care Network. via Disruption, Danger, and Droperidol: Emergency Management of the Agitated Patient — Intensive Care Network

Towards the humanized and integrative ICU. By Federico Carini — IC-HU PROJECT: HUMANIZING INTENSIVE CARE

In the last Congress of Argentinean Society of Intensive Care Medicine (SATI) held in Salta, there was a gale of news. A difference from previous years, news came not only from classical areas of intensive care such as shock, acute distress respiratory syndrome or sepsis, but we saw the appearance of humanizing intensive care on… viaContinue reading “Towards the humanized and integrative ICU. By Federico Carini — IC-HU PROJECT: HUMANIZING INTENSIVE CARE”

Brighter Lights for Darker Nights (or How and Why to Set up Trauma Workshops for Your Local Volunteers) — The Collective

Greg Brown, the person with the job of coordinating education at CareFlight on things anyone with a bit of background can do to help make the wide, brown land feel a little less remote. It is a dark and stormy night. It had been a long day at work and you are now driving homeContinue reading “Brighter Lights for Darker Nights (or How and Why to Set up Trauma Workshops for Your Local Volunteers) — The Collective”

The ICU Walk Protocol in English — IC-HU PROJECT: HUMANIZING INTENSIVE CARE

Not so far ago, we share in this blog the post The ICU Walk Protocol.We promised you to translate into English the protocol, and here it is:The ICU Walk Protocol (free download)We hope you find it useful.Best regards,Dr. José Carlos Igeño CanoHead of Emergency and ICU. Hospital San Juan de Dios de CórdobaMember of the IC-HU…Continue reading “The ICU Walk Protocol in English — IC-HU PROJECT: HUMANIZING INTENSIVE CARE”

Enter the Airway BIOSIM

@jducanto @TBayEDguy @kovacsgj @drjdt2644 @TheNeurosim @ketaminh @KangarooBeach @mededgene Airway BIOSim pic.twitter.com/j85RpDVOUx — carmine della vella (@airwayGladiator) August 31, 2016 @jducanto @TBayEDguy @kovacsgj @mededgene @ketaminh @drjdt2644 @TheNeurosim @mededgene BIOsim pic.twitter.com/QhLrGSlkrQ — carmine della vella (@airwayGladiator) August 31, 2016

Angling for Trouble? Catch and Release for Heroin Overdose. — AmboFOAM

Ok, I’ll make this quick, as it’s half time during the Bledisloe Cup, and nothing is more important than seeing Straya get beaten (again). Therefore, no references – but I’ll follow up with some data once another study has been published (in the pipeline) via Angling for Trouble? Catch and Release for Heroin Overdose. — AmboFOAM

Traction splinting for fractured shaft of femur – why do we do it? — ETM Course

https://youtube.com/watch?v=HNEHCBtn7k4%3Fstart%3D2448%26feature%3Doembed As the longest bone in the body, when it breaks a fractured shaft of femur is a very painful and potentially life threatening injury. One of the main initial treatments for this injury is application of some sort of traction splint, designed to apply distracting force between the lower leg and the relatively “fixed” base…Continue reading “Traction splinting for fractured shaft of femur – why do we do it? — ETM Course”

Asthma for Ambos — Don’t Forget the Bubbles

Tonight I had the privilege to talk to the team at the Werribee branch of Ambulance Victoria. I was given the brief to talk on something to do with paediatric respiratory problems and I thought I would focus on one of their most common presentations – asthma. Asthma is such a common condition, affecting one… viaContinue reading “Asthma for Ambos — Don’t Forget the Bubbles”

JellyBean 046 with Ruth Bird — LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog

https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F269116673&visual=true&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false A sports mad yet sensible woman. It’s @DrRuthBird from #SMACCdub (She turned down free beer, paid for by @precordialthump, in order to talk to me and thus talk to you.) Sport! More sport! The Rio Olympics are in full flow. The European Football season has started. That means thousands and thousands of people all crammed…Continue reading “JellyBean 046 with Ruth Bird — LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog”