Category Archives: FOAMEd

Ketamina e trauma cranico/ Ketamine use in Traumatic Brain Injury

Originally posted on MEDEST:
Some weeks ago we pubblished this post: I’m deeply convinced that Ketamine use in TBI is safe, and that the evidences against his use in patients with TBI are based on old and small case studies affected by major limitations. The recent evidences that shown as Ketamine doesn’t race ICP, despite…

Brian Burns – Always carry your scalpel

Originally posted on Auckland HEMS:
Have we been waiting for this! Courtesy of The Intensive Care Network – here is Dr Brian Burns (Greater Sydney Area HEMS) speaking at SMACC 2013 on prehospital procedures… Click HERE for the audio (right click to open this in a new tab) Accompanying slides below:

Interview with Remote Area Nurse Jaine Morris

  My pal Dr Douglas Lynch (aka @TheTopEnd) interviews a remote nurse Jaine from Lockhart River, a remote community that the Royal Flying Doctor Service visits to provide medical outreach.  Listening to the interview I suddenly remembered the phone call a while ago from Jaine asking for advice about how to remove glass from aContinue reading “Interview with Remote Area Nurse Jaine Morris”

Open Access The difficult airway with recommendations for management – Part 2 – The anticipated difficult airway

More Canadian open access airway goodness! no excuses to catch up with the reading! Open Access The difficult airway with recommendations for management – Part 2 – The anticipated difficult airway

The difficult airway with recommendations for management – Part 1 – Difficult tracheal intubation encountered in an unconscious/induced patient

Canadian journal of anaesthesia OPEN access article. AWESOME work! The difficult airway with recommendations for management – Part 1 – Difficult tracheal intubation encountered in an unconscious/induced patient

Evaluation of a Difficult Airway Educational Intervention on Residents’ Performance of Endotracheal Intubation in the Emergency Department