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 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 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 www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018784367/doctor-recalls-amputation-with-pocket-knife-in-canterbury-quake

Taking stroke detection into the skies | AirMed&Rescue

Ground-breaking new airborne lightweight CT scanners are under competitive development by the Australian Stroke Alliance. Jonathan Falconer reports on how the idea of taking diagnosis and treatment to the patient via aeromedical retrieval promises a leap forward in how stroke is diagnosed and treated in a pre-hospital setting 
— Read on www.airmedandrescue.com/latest/long-read/taking-stroke-detection-skies

Airway management in patients with suspected or confirmed traumatic spinal cord injury: a narrative review of current evidence – Wiles – 2022 – Anaesthesia – Wiley Online Library

Airway management in patients with suspected or confirmed traumatic spinal cord injury: a narrative review of current evidence – Wiles – 2022 – Anaesthesia – Wiley Online Library
— Read on associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.15807

Airway management in patients with suspected or confirmed traumatic spinal cord injury: a narrative review of current evidence – Wiles – 2022 – Anaesthesia – Wiley Online Library

Airway management in patients with suspected or confirmed traumatic spinal cord injury: a narrative review of current evidence – Wiles – 2022 – Anaesthesia – Wiley Online Library
— Read on associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.15807