Category Archives: Emergency medicine and critical care

Impact of videolaryngoscopy introduction into prehospital emergency medicine practice: a quality improvement project | Emergency Medicine Journal

Impact of videolaryngoscopy introduction into prehospital emergency medicine practice: a quality improvement project | Emergency Medicine Journal — Read on emj.bmj.com/content/38/7/549

Erector Spinae Block for Chest Trauma in Aeromedical Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine | Prehospital and Disaster Medicine | Cambridge Core

Erector Spinae Block for Chest Trauma in Aeromedical Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine – Volume 35 Issue 4 — Read on http://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/prehospital-and-disaster-medicine/article/erector-spinae-block-for-chest-trauma-in-aeromedical-prehospital-and-retrieval-medicine/64694FFAAC6E709BA46DBCED920145EC

Taking stroke detection into the skies | AirMed&Rescue

Ground-breaking new airborne lightweight CT scanners are under competitive development by the Australian Stroke Alliance. Jonathan Falconer reports on how the idea of taking diagnosis and treatment to the patient via aeromedical retrieval promises a leap forward in how stroke is diagnosed and treated in a pre-hospital setting  — Read on http://www.airmedandrescue.com/latest/long-read/taking-stroke-detection-skies

Association of Prehospital Needle Decompression With Mortality Among Injured Patients Requiring Emergency Chest Decompression | Cardiothoracic Surgery | JAMA Surgery | JAMA Network

This cohort study investigates the association of prehospital needle decompression with 24-hour mortality among trauma patients who require emergent chest decom — Read on jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2795364

Preventing unrecognised oesophageal intubation: a consensus guideline from the Project for Universal Management of Airways and international airway societies* – Chrimes – Anaesthesia – Wiley Online Library

Preventing unrecognised oesophageal intubation: a consensus guideline from the Project for Universal Management of Airways and international airway societies* – Chrimes – Anaesthesia – Wiley Online Library — Read on associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.15817

D-dimer testing for early detection of venom-induced consumption coagulopathy after snakebite in Australia (ASP-29) | The Medical Journal of Australia

D-dimer testing for early detection of venom-induced consumption coagulopathy after snakebite in Australia (ASP-29) | The Medical Journal of Australia — Read on http://www.mja.com.au/journal/2022/217/4/d-dimer-testing-early-detection-venom-induced-consumption-coagulopathy-after