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The Cup Song at SMACCUS Chicago
The talented @purdy_eve @TheSGEM & @smaccjunior with "The Cup Song", dedicated to @ketaminh Great times at #smaccUS! http://t.co/xEyAioOm5j — Manrique Umana (@umanamd) July 12, 2015
Should we stop looking at first look intubation rates?
Originally posted on The Collective:
A brief note: I get to do the editing duty this week (Dr Andrew Weatherall that is) and I could not let it pass without a word of tribute to Dr John Hinds. I had only had the chance to learn from the good Dr Hinds via his online presence. It…
SMACCed to the Future
Originally posted on DOWNSTAIRS CARE OUT THERE BLOG:
Second year of SMACC, this year I made the decision to go to a Workshop, that was not a mistake! The second time round I get worried, I’ve been let down by second performances before (Jurassic Park: The Lost World, anyone?) This was not a let down…
SMACCed Over
Originally posted on AmboFOAM:
SMACC has come and gone again for another year. It’s always a bit of a comedown, returning to normality after the conference, and this year it is with greater sadness that we return to our ordinary lives. Enough has been written, tweeted, and blogged about the death of Dr John Hinds…
SMACCFORCE at Chicago
The best EMS, prehospital and retrieval workshop in 2015 is coming soon to Chicago. #SMACCFORCE. https://t.co/Swmtx5jF0n — brian burns (@HawkmoonHEMS) April 20, 2015
SMACC AIRWAY at Chicago
@RobJBryant13 @jducanto #smaccUS #smaccAIRWAY TEASE pic.twitter.com/sDRVzMl7AI — Fayaz Gulamani (@fayazg99) June 23, 2015
EZDrugID: International campaign to improve the distinctiveness of medication packaging
MEDEST “Look-alike Drugs”is a present concern for all the emergency medicine professionals. EZDrugID Campaign address this topic with a petition a survey and suggesting strategies to prevent medication errors. Go to the website http://ezdrugid.org/EZDrugID/About_EZDrugID.html and sign the petition, take the survey but most importantly introduce in your working place the awareness of “Look-alike drugs” dangerContinue reading “EZDrugID: International campaign to improve the distinctiveness of medication packaging”
IMagine theres no Xray at SMACCUS Chicago
Thanks to @GruntDoc for recording and posting this!
SMACC CUP SONG LIVE IN CHICAGO!
Word on the Street at SMACC US
Word on the Street SMACC US podcast Day 1
Sandpits, Better Eyes and New Monitors – Can NIRS work for prehospital medicine?
Originally posted on The Collective:
This is part 2 of a series (part 1 is here) on trying to study near-infrared spectroscopy in the prehospital setting by Dr Andrew Weatherall (@AndyDW_). Can NIRS work? No one can be sure but here’s one approach to getting some data we can actually use. A while back I did…
Studies in Blood from Iran – A Quick Review
Originally posted on The Collective:
We all want to stop bleeding. Here’s a quick review from Dr Alan Garner of a paper coming out of Iran that looks at haemostatic dressings. Hatamabadi HR et al. Celox-Coated Gauze for the Treatment of Civilian Penetrating Trauma: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Trauma Monthly. 2014;20:e23862. dii: 10.5812/traumamon.23862 There is…
Why Bruce Lee would have come to SMACC
Eco-ALS and mechanical chest compressions: that’s the way I like to run a code!
MEDEST 47 ysr old male collapsed on the field. First ALS unit found him arrested in VF.Shocked 3 times he regained a palpable central pulse.When we arrived the patient arrested again. VF on the monitor. Shocked 4 times. Mechanical chest compression and tracheal intubation on board. He received Epi, Amio (300+150), Calcium Gluconate and BicarbContinue reading “Eco-ALS and mechanical chest compressions: that’s the way I like to run a code!”
Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine - THE PHARM dedicated to the memory of Dr John Hinds 