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General Awareness

The core job when you reach for general anaesthesia is to provide a general lack of awareness. So what about when it doesn’t work? The person making the coffee sort of has to make the coffee right. I’m pretty sure newsreaders serve the primary function of reading the words about the news. Near as IContinue reading “General Awareness”

Global lessons: developing military trauma care and lessons for civilian practice

A perfect Airway Storm up North

This episode I reflect upon a really tough airway case. I have asked a number of airway gurus from the FOAMed community to comment on the logistics and plan to manage this case. Thanks to Tim Leeuwenburg, Rich Levitan, Roger Harris and Dr Richard Lewis of their contributions. The patient 50 year old woman with… viaContinue reading “A perfect Airway Storm up North”

The evolution of military prehospital care

Military Prehospital Care: Evolution and Translation to Civilian EMS

Happy Airway NEW YEAR in Sydney !

Cadaveric Airway Course in Sydney UTS January 18-19 still has a few open spots: https://t.co/H4FmkrqIOI … Its going to be a lot of larynx! Join faculty @airwaycam @HawkmoonHEMS @IanMeducator and Clare Hayes-Bradley — Richard Levitan (@airwaycam) November 23, 2017 Educational Cric tool. Incrementalized approach to save a life–use a knife. pic.twitter.com/wXeOoUfvZP — Richard Levitan (@airwaycam)Continue reading “Happy Airway NEW YEAR in Sydney !”

Commando Doc joins ranks of rural generalists in Oz

Very honoured to have been interviewed by @ACRRM As we approach the end of our 2nd year in Aus I am able to reflect on how warmly we have been welcomed here. pic.twitter.com/Iy17IZAwq5 — Jamie Phillips (@commandodoctor) December 6, 2017

The Elaine Bromiley story : have we learned any lessons?

The Elaine Bromiley story: have we learned any lessons? https://t.co/3s6LHMecZU — John George K (@johngeorgedon) December 3, 2017

BVM vs Oxylator in SALAD mannequin

@jducanto on BVM vs Oxylator in vomiting mannequin https://t.co/szEKf3lNRP — Yen Chow (@TBayEDguy) November 30, 2017 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Video laryngoscopy does not improve the intubation outcomes in emergency and critical patients – a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

A prospective observational study of midazolam and droperidol for pre-hospital acute behavioural disturbance

Brilliant prehospital research from Queensland once again that will likely change practice in other states. Just like what we did with ketamine in aeromedical retrieval! A prospective observation study of midazolam and droperidol for pre-hospital acute behavioural disturbance

The iVENT – a revolutionary airway device

You’ll all have to sign non-disclosures but this new Video BVM mod… iVent will revolutionize Airway pic.twitter.com/5u6TXzYCNR — AIME Airway (@kovacsgj) November 26, 2017

Goodbye MidazoBlam Goodbye

Lachlan Parker from @QldAmbulance presenting results of Droperidol vs. Midazolam in ABD mgmt, great data w/drop effective+++. @emupdates pic.twitter.com/edKe51CZOn — Sam Ainslie (@TheSamAinslie) November 25, 2017

It applies cricoid pressure otherwise it gets the hose

evolution of airway management – new concepts and conflicts with traditional practice | BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia | Oxford Academic https://t.co/iFy459AQcF — Minh Le Cong (@ketaminh) November 25, 2017

Flail chest with paradoxical breathing

Great video of a flail chest: initial treatment for a large flail is non-invasive positive pressure ventilation. Patients may require intubation for more definitive care and healing. Manual stabilization of the segment can result in impaired ventilation https://t.co/CERC0nYQ4l — Resuscitation Canada (@Resus_Can) November 19, 2017 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

L’immobilisation en préhospitalier: il est temps de tout changer

#FrOMED @ketaminh Cervical collar swansong ! @Rhazelovitch https://t.co/HW4h0DMeoW — Youri Yordanov (@YordaYou) November 19, 2017 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js