IntroductionWelcome to one of the newest additions to Taming the SRU, a monthly installment of Air Care topics and pointers. Monthly posts will fall under one of four categories:Core Content: includes key knowledge all flight providers should know”Thoughts from the Front Lines” (TFTFL): interviews with experts in the field of flight med”How on Earth do… viaContinue reading “The Kids airway”
Category Archives: paediatric
Paediatrics in South Africa
https://player.vimeo.com/video/248696555 This talk was recorded live on the first day at DFTB17 in Brisbane. If you missed out on 2017 then why not book your leave for 2018 now. Tickets are on sale for the pre-conference workshops as well as the conference itself at http://www.dftb18.com. Kat Evans is an emergency physician working in Mitchell Plains in…Continue reading “Paediatrics in South Africa”
Unanticipated difficult airway management in children – Open Access article 2018
Unanticipated difficult airway management in children — the consensus statement of the Paediatric Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Section and the Airway Management Section of the Polish Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy
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”
Dr Andrew Weatherall was asked to do a talk
Dr Andrew Weatherall was asked to do a talk covering things from the parent’s perspective when it’s time for bad news. Here is the bibliography. Although often I’d produce the whole talk as a post, I think the crew at Don’t Forget the Bubbles are planning on releasing a recorded version of the talk atContinue reading “Dr Andrew Weatherall was asked to do a talk”
Just a little prick
Putting a cannula in kids can be… well, an experience. Dr Andrew Weatherall has a collection of tips and tricks that might just be useful. Cannulas. Little people. Not always a match made in heaven. At the joint I work doing kids’ anaesthesia, we often note that they are the great leveller because it […] viaContinue reading “Just a little prick”
Reboot kids RSI
Respect for the classics doesn’t mean being stuck with them. Here’s a refresher on why you might not want to do RSI like they used to by Dr Andrew Weatherall. This one is a cross post picked up from the paeds anaesthesia site he chips in on, http://www.songsorstories.com Everything in medicine needs the occasional reboot.Continue reading “Reboot kids RSI”
Paediatric intubation
Another talk from the 'Paediatric Emergencies Intubation Course' just released – Intubation in Special Circumstances https://t.co/ZRuXibcFLn pic.twitter.com/ju4P44BDmr — Chris Flannigan (@PaedEmergencies) May 29, 2017
An introduction to mechanical ventilation of the critically ill child
Podcast providing an introduction to mechanical ventilation of the critically ill child.https://t.co/UOkAvFyWQm pic.twitter.com/uVg2t4Glyo — Chris Flannigan (@csflannigan) February 13, 2017
A Weight on the Chest – Anterior Mediastinal Mass — Songs or Stories
There are a few conditions which make the most experienced paeds anaesthetists take a deep breath in. Anterior mediastinal mass is right up there. Here’s a quick trawl through stuff that’s out there by Andrew Weatherall. Imagine this patient. They are 7 years old. They’ve turned up to the emergency department with fevers. Quite highContinue reading “A Weight on the Chest – Anterior Mediastinal Mass — Songs or Stories”
Two Tribes? — Don’t Forget the Bubbles
Setting up a conference can be a challenge. When you have a product that you want to to market you have to first know your target audience. We have a broad readership at Don’t Forget The Bubbles and so defining our target audience has been a particular challenge. Readers will know that we aim to… viaContinue reading “Two Tribes? — Don’t Forget the Bubbles”
The program for DFTB17 is live! — Don’t Forget the Bubbles
The DFTB team have been working very hard, along with the rest of the organising committee, to put together a great program for DFTB17. And now you can see it for yourself. View the DFTB17 Program DFTB17 is a brand new acute paediatric conference. It will cover cutting-edge research and insight into paediatric… via The programContinue reading “The program for DFTB17 is live! — Don’t Forget the Bubbles”
Slaying Different Dragons – A Quest — Songs or Stories
A little while ago Dr Andrew Weatherall was asked to give a talk on the difficult paediatric airway. The audience was a variety of emergency medicine doctors, nursing staff and allied health staff. He decided to try something dopey – audience participation. It wasn’t recorded so here’s the written version where the aim is toContinue reading “Slaying Different Dragons – A Quest — Songs or Stories”
Life can be cruel — Don’t Forget the Bubbles
This article was posted with the support of Shosh and Jonny. If you have any information about treatment options, anywhere in the world, then please contact tesssardavis@me.com. Life can be cruel. We see it all the time in our clinical practice but when it moves into our personal sphere then our perspective changes. Eve* is the…Continue reading “Life can be cruel — Don’t Forget the Bubbles”
The Needle… Or The Damage Done — Don’t Forget the Bubbles
Paediatric critical procedures are rare in the emergency department. Data from one Victorian network showed that 83% of emergency physicians had not performed one in a twelve month period. We also know from audit data that we seem to have a lower first pass success rate (around 78%) when it comes to paediatric intubation. We… viaContinue reading “The Needle… Or The Damage Done — Don’t Forget the Bubbles”
Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine - THE PHARM dedicated to the memory of Dr John Hinds 