Category Archives: FOAMEd

EMS Airway Management In Adverse Conditions – StatPearls – NCBI Bookshelf

Airway patency and adequate respiratory effort are both essential for normal oxygenation and ventilation within the body so that normal physiological processes can proceed without metabolic derangement. This is even more important in patients with acute illness or injury, giving rise to increased metabolic demand. Accordingly, safe and effective airway management is a core skillContinue reading “EMS Airway Management In Adverse Conditions – StatPearls – NCBI Bookshelf”

AiR: CMAC Videos | Greater Sydney Area HEMS

Since we started using the CMAC videolaryngoscope we have been collecting useful airway videos for education. You can find these videos on our Vimeo channel. All CMAC videos are shared under a Creative Commons Licence: Attribution 2.0 Generic. Please familiarise yourself with the terms of the licence before reusing our videos. To view our videos,…Continue reading “AiR: CMAC Videos | Greater Sydney Area HEMS”

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

There is significant controversy regarding the influence of video laryngoscopy on the intubation outcomes in emergency and critical patients. This systematic review and meta-analysis was designed to determine whether video laryngoscopy could improve the intubation outcomes in emergency and critical patients. We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PubMed, Embase, and Scopus databasesContinue reading “Video laryngoscopy does not improve the intubation outcomes in emergency and critical patients – a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials | Critical Care | Full Text”