Why the VideoLarygoscopy don’t gonna kill the DirectLaryngoscopy (at least in the near future)

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A novel publication goes to enrich the long-living debate on direct laryngoscopy (DL) vs video laryngoscopy (VL) efficacy in emergency intubation. The recent article, pubblished on JEMS and titled  “Deploying the Video Laryngoscope into a Ground EMS System” ,compares the success rate beetwen DL vs VL in a ground EMS Service. The…

Hymn to Simulation Team Training/ Inno alla Simulazione

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Blessed the emergency systems who train their professionals with simulation Blessed the emergency professionals who challenge themselfs day by day in simulation Facing their fears to win their weakness Improving the quality of their work for the good of all patients They are the future of emergency medicine Shame on emergency…

PEEP zero. Is this the answer?

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? https://twitter.com/karimbrohi/status/491343843145838592 Inspiring discussion on Twitter (Minh Le Cong@rfdsdoc, Karim Brohi @karimbrohi and Peter Sherren@PBSherren) The topic: Your hypotensive blunt/penetrating trauma patient with associated severe TBI needs a vent. How do you set it and how you achive your physiological goals? Is it possible to mantain eucapnia, avoiding hypercapnic insult to…