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Association of Prehospital Needle Decompression With Mortality Among Injured Patients Requiring Emergency Chest Decompression | Cardiothoracic Surgery | JAMA Surgery | JAMA Network

This cohort study investigates the association of prehospital needle decompression with 24-hour mortality among trauma patients who require emergent chest decom — Read on jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2795364

Needle Cricothyroidotomy by Intensive Care Paramedics | Prehospital and Disaster Medicine | Cambridge Core

Needle Cricothyroidotomy by Intensive Care Paramedics — Read on http://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/prehospital-and-disaster-medicine/article/needle-cricothyroidotomy-by-intensive-care-paramedics/E0D1FA7E55FEB1193512B53A967188E2

The Needle… Or The Damage Done — Don’t Forget the Bubbles

Paediatric critical procedures are rare in the emergency department. Data from one Victorian network showed that 83% of emergency physicians had not performed one in a twelve month period. We also know from audit data that we seem to have a lower first pass success rate (around 78%) when it comes to paediatric intubation. We… viaContinue reading “The Needle… Or The Damage Done — Don’t Forget the Bubbles”

Percutaneous Cricothyroid Jet Ventilation Using Repetitive Airway Obstruction: A quick and simple way to ventilate the “impossible” airway

Percutaneous Cricothyroid Jet Ventilation Using Repetitive Airway Obstruction: A quick and simple way to ventilate the “impossible” airway