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SMACC Chicago: Cardia and Dynamis by Michael Lauria

Finally met two of my pre hospital heroes. Absolutely buzzing @DocJohnHinds @ResusPadawan #smaccUS #topbanter pic.twitter.com/9sJpj96Ih5 — James Short (@Shorty_Med) June 25, 2015

#SMACCUS – funny name for a conference by Dr Helgi

I've collected my #smaacUS tweets (minus the trash) and posted them below. My revalidation reflection I think. https://t.co/xQUKsg7n1n — Dr Helgi (@traumagasdoc) August 10, 2015

Chat about Chests – On Holes and Whether Plastic is Fantastic

Originally posted on The Collective:
Dr Andrew Weatherall with an introduction to a new type of thing (well, for this site anyway). *Ahem* [clears throat]. Well, we finally thought we should try chatting. After much delay we finally sat down and tried recording a chat with a microphone. And then after a much longer delay I have…

Airway management by physician-staffed Helicopter Emergency Medical Services – a prospective, multicentre, observational study of 2,327 patients

FOAMEd open access study of prehospital physician led airway management. Airway management by physician-staffed Helicopter Emergency Medical Services – a prospective, multicentre, observational study of 2,327 patients

My SMACC Chicago experience by Dr. Marietjie “MJ” Slabbert

Suction Assisted Supraglottic Airway Insertion by Dr Jim DuCanto

Dr. Eve Purdy #CAEP15 FOAMed Talk

Geyser from Kaiser – Bringing vomiting simulation to you

Geyser from Kaiser from Rob Bryant on Vimeo.

Under pressure: Endotracheal tube cuffs

Great aeromedical #FOAMEd from #BadEM crew Under pressure: Endotracheal tube cuffs

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

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

Better Pink or Better Blue? Dealing with Cardiac Kids

Originally posted on Songs or Stories:
OK, here we go. This is the first in a 2 part series on a general approach to kids with cardiac disease. This post, by Dr Andrew Weatherall, is on key points of assessment. The second post in the series will be an attempt to provide simple goals of anaesthesia when looking after…

Paramedic Registration

Originally posted on DOWNSTAIRS CARE OUT THERE BLOG:
If your unaware, the big day for the Paramedic Registration vote is the 7th of August! Time to start making some noise about what we want as paramedics. Registration is Important. So get on social media and make some noise the tag is #PararegAus Its time to…

Heads Up CPR !

Heads up on the Heads up.Reverse Trendellenberg trending. @FOAMEMS #FOAMed @hp_ems @ketaminh http://t.co/zMpzrZ2BDL pic.twitter.com/c3o2fY9qzF — Word on the Street (@wotsukrobl) August 1, 2015

Why checklists fail – the science of implementation

Published in Nature journal this week, a useful perspective into the complexity of checklists and human factors . This nicely summarises my main debate points with Tim Leeuwenburg at SMACCGOLD . Hospital checklists are meant to save lives — so why do they often fail?

Managing airways in TBI

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