Load-Play-Go and “6 minutes approach” in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest . Is this just fool?

Originally posted on MEDEST:
I’m really surprised of the great debate that the previous post (Load-Play-Go in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest. The “6 minutes approach”) arouse around the “6 minutes approach”, and all the comments on the “load-play and go” way to manage the OHCA patients potentially candidate to Externa Life Support. Most of…

French SMUR : Medical pre-hospital management reduces mortality in severe blunt trauma: a prospective epidemiological study

Important open access paper from a few years ago from France on role of prehospital critical care in severe trauma. Medical pre-hospital management reduces mortality in severe blunt trauma: a prospective epidemiological study This paper in my opinion, is not about physician vs paramedic model of prehospital care. It is more about what meaningful interventionsContinue reading “French SMUR : Medical pre-hospital management reduces mortality in severe blunt trauma: a prospective epidemiological study”

Another SMACC Perspective

Originally posted on AmboFOAM:
This week (somewhat late) we have another perspective on SMACC from Ben Lawson (@Paramedidad).  Ben is a Paramedic from Queensland and a first time SMACC attendee.  Please note the lateness of this post is entirely my fault: Ben emailed me before even getting home from SMACC.  Sorry Ben! ? The post-SMACC return…