In memory of Dr John Hinds
Air Care Grand Rounds What do I need to assess before I load this patient in the heli? * Does your patient need plastic? (ETT, needle/finger thoracostomy) o Get breath sounds / anticipate your possible interventions you may need * Is your patient in shock? o Don’t have a lactate? Hyperglycemia in the absence of diabetes, thirst and diaphoresis should lend you towards ‘yes’
Source: Grand Rounds Recap 9/16
Source: Bad Idea Jeans
The ECG is the workhorse of ED syncope work-up. Often, we don’t see any specific findings, but the syncope ECG is a place where sharp analytic skills
Source: Medical Concept: ECGs in Syncope
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Not one but two IOs into single humerus!
Check it out !
@AirwayNauts @laryngoholic demonstrates bougie blind digital intubation in detail https://t.co/sVXExVMBWO
— Yen Chow (@TBayEDguy) September 21, 2015
@AirwayNauts Direct laryngoscopic suction epiglottoscopy with ELM and 2 person team bougie-first tube delivery https://t.co/sFg10bfAs1
— Yen Chow (@TBayEDguy) September 21, 2015
TBL 107: Ketamine vs. Morphine for acute pain
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#FOAMEd #FOAMcc pic.twitter.com/RVUiSEQuo5
— The Bottom Line (@WICSBottomLine) September 18, 2015
Optimize your jaw thrust.
Not at angle of jaw, but rotate TMJ.
#PSOOR #FOAMed #FOAMped pic.twitter.com/lbJyc65RUz
— Tim Horeczko (@EMtogether) September 19, 2015
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Jaw thrust at angle of jaw=mouth closed.
Jaw thrust with rotation at TMJ=mouth open.
#PSOOR #FOAMed #FOAMped pic.twitter.com/fjgkXPKO42
— Tim Horeczko (@EMtogether) September 19, 2015
St.Emlyn’s – Meducation in Virchester #FOAMed The last 2 years have seen the agreed wisdom of spinal immobilisation challenged. We have seen a paradigm shift in our attitude towards the use of cervical collar with some prehospital services now removing the automatic use of this device, and international organisations questioning their routine use. In brief…
Great writing by Tim here
Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine - THE PHARM dedicated to the memory of Dr John Hinds 