The paper we mentioned by Jonathan Benger and Jules Blackham can be accessed here: https://sjtrem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1757-7241-17-44 Stable versus unstable spinal injury The location of an injury and involvement of different structures defines the stability of a spinal injury. Anterior column: anterior longitudinal ligament and the anterior half of the vertebral body/disc. Middle column: posterior half ofContinue reading “Gentle patient handling”
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Crashing patient on the vent?
Crashing patient in the vent: DOPES then DOTTS @CriticalCareNow #bloodsandcme also reviewed here: https://t.co/GOTwyXKpEP — Justin Morgenstern (@First10EM) December 7, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
The Acutely Agitated Patient in a remote location – my #ACEM15 presentation
Lessons for management of acute agitation in rural EDs
Preparation of the critical patient for aeromedical transport
Minh Le Cong on The Agitated Patient: Protecting Yourself and the Patient
( This is Nicholas Chrimes and I posing as a joke in regard to cricoid pressure! No one was hurt)
Patient safety in helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS): The safety management system
Originally posted on Auckland HEMS:
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”. Albert Einstein. You could be right in thinking that “safety crusaders” are the glass half empty type, right? Those that believe “what can go wrong, will go wrong” (Murphys Law). I’m not a pessimist, but I do believe…
A Military Aviation model for Patient Safety?
Originally posted on Auckland HEMS:
In the September 2013 edition of the British Medical Journal, Robyn Clay-Williams has published a thought provoking article on the modelling of clinical risk management on civil aviation practices, and questions whether a military aviation model may be more prudent when assessing and managing risk in the healthcare environment. The…
In war, he who holds the higher ground,wins
Minimal patient handling: a faculty of prehospital care consensus statement
The difficult airway with recommendations for management – Part 1 – Difficult tracheal intubation encountered in an unconscious/induced patient
Canadian journal of anaesthesia OPEN access article. AWESOME work! The difficult airway with recommendations for management – Part 1 – Difficult tracheal intubation encountered in an unconscious/induced patient
A rational approach to managing the poisoned patient – EB Medicine
Toxicology Update: A Rational Approach To Managing The Poisoned Patient
Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine - THE PHARM dedicated to the memory of Dr John Hinds 