Tag Archives: prehospital

Pre-hospital ECMO enters Dutch HEMS | AirMed&Rescue

A study currently underway in the Netherlands will ultimately deliver nationwide coverage of extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment onboard emergency medical helicopters — Read on http://www.airmedandrescue.com/latest/long-read/pre-hospital-ecmo-enters-dutch-hems

Prehospital Care: An International Comparison of Independently Developed Training Courses – Air Medical Journal

Prehospital Care: An International Comparison of Independently Developed Training Courses – Air Medical Journal — Read on http://www.airmedicaljournal.com/article/S1067-991X(21)00237-6/fulltext

Ketamine-Induced Spontaneous Breathing Intubation With Airway Topicalization: A Case Report of Airway Obstruction in Retrieval Care | Elsevier Enhanced Reader

Ketamine-Induced Spontaneous Breathing Intubation With Airway Topicalization: A Case Report of Airway Obstruction in Retrieval Care | Elsevier Enhanced Reader — Read on reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S1067991X21001942

Three-drug tourniquet a game-changer for rural medicine | InSight+

ALM’s capacity to increase survival rates in hostile environments is a potential game changer for trauma patients in remote and rural Australia, writes Hayley Letson — Read on insightplus.mja.com.au/2022/7/three-drug-tourniquet-a-game-changer-for-rural-medicine/

JC: Pre-hospital thoracotomy – what can we learn? St Emlyn’s

St.Emlyn’s – Emergency Medicine #FOAMed Resuscitative thoracotomy remains a controversial procedure in prehospital and emergency care. This month we … JC: Pre-hospital thoracotomy – what can we learn? St Emlyn’s

A 6-year case series of resuscitative thoracotomies performed by a helicopter emergency medical service in a mixed urban and rural area with a comparison of blunt versus penetrating trauma

Resuscitative thoracotomy (RT) is an intervention that can be performed in the prehospital setting for relieving cardiac tamponade and/or obtaining vascular control of suspected sub-diaphragmatic haemorrhage in patients in traumatic cardiac arrest. The aim of this retrospective case study is to compare the rates of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) in RTs performed for bothContinue reading “A 6-year case series of resuscitative thoracotomies performed by a helicopter emergency medical service in a mixed urban and rural area with a comparison of blunt versus penetrating trauma”

Higher pre-hospital anaesthesia case volumes result in lower mortality rates: implications for mass casualty care – British Journal of Anaesthesia

Higher pre-hospital anaesthesia case volumes result in lower mortality rates: implications for mass casualty care – British Journal of Anaesthesia — Read on http://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(21)00692-9/fulltext

Novel Technologies and Techniques for Prehospital Airway Management: An NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document

Novel Technologies and Techniques for Prehospital Airway Management: An NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document — Read on http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epub/10.1080/10903127.2021.1992055

Prehospital Ketamine Administration for Excited Delirium with Illicit Substance Co-Ingestion and Subsequent Intubation in the Emergency Department

Prehospital Ketamine Administration for Excited Delirium with Illicit Substance Co-Ingestion and Subsequent Intubation in the Emergency Department — Read on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8607139/

Bringing the resuscitation room to the scene of the accident

A 112 call comes in. A person has been seriously injured. Aware every second counts in the critical first hour, emergency agencies mobilise … — Read on http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/healthandwellbeing/arid-40345706.html