Category Archives: Prehospital medicine

Resuscitation with blood products in patients with trauma-related haemorrhagic shock receiving prehospital care (RePHILL): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial – The Lancet Haematology

Resuscitation with blood products in patients with trauma-related haemorrhagic shock receiving prehospital care (RePHILL): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial – The Lancet Haematology — Read on http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(22)00040-0/fulltext

Prehospital Plasma during Air Medical Transport in Trauma Patients at Risk for Hemorrhagic Shock | NEJM

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Prehospital Plasma during Air Medical Transport in Trauma Patients at Risk for Hemorrhagic Shock — Read on http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1802345

Use of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) by intensive care paramedics to achieve peripheral intravenous access in patients predicted to be difficult: An out-of-hospital pilot study – ScienceDirect

Use of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) by intensive care paramedics to achieve peripheral intravenous access in patients predicted to be difficult: An out-of-hospital pilot study – ScienceDirect — Read on http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588994X22000860

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

Doctor recalls amputation with pocket knife in Canterbury quake | RNZ

Ten years since the deadly Christchurch quake, which devastated the city on February 22, Dr Lydia Johns Putra tells Lisa Owen about her experience of saving the life of Brian Coker. He was trapped in the collapsed Pyne Gould building. She amputated his legs with a pocket-knife and hacksaw. — Read on http://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018784367/doctor-recalls-amputation-with-pocket-knife-in-canterbury-quake

ST-T segment changes in prehospital emergency physicians in the field: a prospective observational trial | Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

ST-T segment changes in prehospital emergency physicians in the field: a prospective observational trial | Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine — Read on http://www.biomedcentral.com/epdf/10.1186/s13049-022-01033-1

A Delphi study of rescue and clinical subject matter experts on the extrication of patients following a motor vehicle collision | Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine | Full Text

Approximately 1.3 million people die each year globally as a direct result of motor vehicle collisions (MVCs). Following an MVC some patients will remain trapped in their vehicle; these patients have worse outcomes and may require extrication. Following new evidence, updated multidisciplinary guidance for extrication is needed. This Delphi study has been developed, conducted andContinue reading “A Delphi study of rescue and clinical subject matter experts on the extrication of patients following a motor vehicle collision | Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine | Full Text”