Emergency Cricothyrotomy Performed by Surgical Airway–naive Medical Personnel

Perioperative Medicine | August 2016 Emergency Cricothyrotomy Performed by Surgical Airway–naive Medical Personnel: A Randomized Crossover Study in Cadavers Comparing Three Commonly Used Techniques Frédéric Heymans, M.D.; Georg Feigl, M.D.; Stephan Graber, M.D.; Delphine S. Courvoisier, Ph.D.; Kerstin M. Weber, M.D.; Pavel Dulguerov, M.D. Success rates (P = 0.025) Surgical cricothyrotomy 95%, QuickTrach 55% Melker 50% The […]

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Increasing resilience in doctors does not help in a toxic culture

Crazy madness — IC-HU PROJECT: HUMANIZING INTENSIVE CARE

Hola a tod@s, mis queridos amigos.As you know, last week we ask your collaboration in the survey about the current situation of Humanization of your ICU. We have received 136 forms from ICU of 20 different countriesWe will share step by step the results.To those 136 people, I sent by e-mail the Humanization Plan of…

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JellyBean 044 with Kat Evans and BADEM — LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog

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Jellybean Two for One Deal. @Kat__Evans shares two interesting stories; #FOAMed in the resource poor world and the BADEM website a very personal story about what happens when your mum gets “proper sick” on the other side of the world. (I know I have had to think about that. Maybe you have too?) It turns…

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The Humanization Plan of Intensive Care Units of the Community of Madrid — IC-HU PROJECT: HUMANIZING INTENSIVE CARE

Hola a tod@s, mis queridos amigos.We share today with you the Humanization Plan of the ICU in the Community of Madrid, a reproducible and exportable model for any ICU in the world. The plan is the result of the work during nine months of a group of 42 people (patients, families, ICU professionals and others…

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JellyBean 043 Paramedic Michael Stanley — LITFL: Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog

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Alternative Career. Alternative Energy. Alternative Jellybean Podcaster. Matt MacPartlin (@RollCageMedic) interviews a paramedic who has a odd view of the world especially when he is at work. Alternative careers and alternative energy. So you’ve completed your training. The world is ready for you. It has a plan for you. It has a lifelong career path…

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