The Norwegian guidelines for spinal immobilisation 2017

The Norwegian guidelines for spinal immobilisation were recently published in SJTREM. (Open Access) Our involvement with the development of these started back in 2013 and 2014, when we published some posts that were highly critical of the dominating doctrine of extremely liberal … Continue reading →

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hospital gas pipeline mix up causes more deaths

More deaths have occurred because of accidental hospital gas pipeline cross-overs. (To read about cases see here). In Australia, 2016 was marred with the events which occurred at Bankstown Hospital (see here). NSW Health should be commended on the publication of their recommendations following the tragedy. It is useful to identify those involved, the […]

via Hospital Gas Pipeline Mix Up Causes More Deaths — patientsafe

IV olanzapine sedation update

The potential role for IV olanzapine was examined in a post last year. The following conclusions were reached: IV olanzapine appears to be safe. IV olanzapine has equal potency compared to IV droperidol and about twice the potency of IV haloperidol. Olanzapine doesn’t affect QT interval or cause torsade de pointes. Two articles were just…

via PulmCrit- Sedation update: IV olanzapine & combo vs. monotherapy — EMCrit

12. Bullying, Threats & Intimidation — patientsafe

If patient safety is to improve healthcare needs to change. The historical top down approach which has hindered improvement requires a transition into one where decisions are driven from the front line. Those corporations who’ve introduced front line driven frameworks (e.g. Toyota Production System – see here) provide the highest quality in the most efficient way to […]

via 12. Bullying, Threats & Intimidation — patientsafe