Global lessons learned from COVID-19 mass casualty incidents – British Journal of Anaesthesia — Read on http://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(21)00725-X/fulltext
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Etomidate versus ketamine for emergency endotracheal intubation: a randomized clinical trial
Etomidate versus ketamine for emergency endotracheal intubation: a randomized clinical trial — Read on link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s00134-021-06577-x
Chest pain podcast episode with The Secondary Survey!
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Prehospital Ketamine Administration for Excited Delirium with Illicit Substance Co-Ingestion and Subsequent Intubation in the Emergency Department
Prehospital Ketamine Administration for Excited Delirium with Illicit Substance Co-Ingestion and Subsequent Intubation in the Emergency Department — Read on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8607139/
EMCrit 312 – Tube Thoracostomy (Chest Tubes) Part 1 Peri-procedural Chest Tube Stuff
You need to understand and be able to perform perfectly in the rare circumstances that still demand chest tubes EMCrit Project by Scott Weingart, MD … EMCrit 312 – Tube Thoracostomy (Chest Tubes) Part 1 Peri-procedural Chest Tube Stuff
JC: More on pulse oximetry and racial bias. St Emlyn’s
St.Emlyn’s – Emergency Medicine #FOAMed This week we are reviewing a paper on the accuracy of pulse oximetry in patients being assessed for ECMO. … JC: More on pulse oximetry and racial bias. St Emlyn’s
Life support: Island doctors go the distance to save lives in rural B.C. – Victoria Times Colonist
Victoria specialists guide rural doctors through life-saving procedures from afar. — Read on http://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/life-support-doctors-go-the-distance-to-save-lives-4781369
Management of Febrile Infants in the Emergency Department in the UK and Ireland
Identifying febrile infants with serious and invasive bacterial infections (SBI/IBI) is a daily challenge on the emergency department (ED) shopfloor.… Management of Febrile Infants in the Emergency Department in the UK and Ireland
What Lies Beneath: Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy : Emergency Medicine News
What Lies Beneath: Tackling Vaccine Hesitancy : Emergency Medicine News — Read on journals.lww.com/em-news/fulltext/2021/10000/what_lies_beneath__tackling_vaccine_hesitancy.9.aspx
ATLS: Archaic Trauma Life Support? – Wiles – 2015 – Anaesthesia – Wiley Online Library
ATLS: Archaic Trauma Life Support? – Wiles – 2015 – Anaesthesia – Wiley Online Library — Read on associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/anae.13166
Pre-hospital management of penetrating neck injuries: a scoping review of current evidence and guidance | Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine | Full Text
Penetrating injuries to the neck pose a unique challenge to clinicians due to the proximity of multiple significant anatomical structures with little protective soft tissue coverage. Injuries to this area, whilst low in incidence, are potentially devastating. Respiratory, vascular, gastro-oesophageal and neurological structures may all be involved, either in isolation or combination. These injuries areContinue reading “Pre-hospital management of penetrating neck injuries: a scoping review of current evidence and guidance | Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine | Full Text”
The impact of routine pulse oximetry use on outcomes in COVID-19-infected patients at increased risk of severe disease: A retrospective cohort analysis | Nematswerani | South African Medical Journal
The impact of routine pulse oximetry use on outcomes in COVID-19-infected patients at increased risk of severe disease: A retrospective cohort analysis — Read on http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/view/13397
Bringing the resuscitation room to the scene of the accident
A 112 call comes in. A person has been seriously injured. Aware every second counts in the critical first hour, emergency agencies mobilise … — Read on http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/healthandwellbeing/arid-40345706.html
Focused ultrasound in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by advanced paramedics | Journal Of Paramedic Practice
Background: This study describes and evaluates advanced paramedic practitioner (APP) use of focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), and relates ultrasound findings with decisions to terminate resuscitation. The authors report characteristics of patients who do/do not undergo a FoCUS examination by APPs, ultrasound probe positions used and whether FoCUS findings were associatedContinue reading “Focused ultrasound in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by advanced paramedics | Journal Of Paramedic Practice”
Updated anaphylaxis guidelines
How are infants and children affected? — Read on http://www.nps.org.au/australian-prescriber/podcast/episode-109-updated-anaphylaxis-guidelines