RCEM CPD Conference 2022 Day 2
Well hopefully you all had a lovely evening and possibly even managed to go for a run along the coast to celebrate having functioning livers! I got into the spirit […]
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Well hopefully you all had a lovely evening and possibly even managed to go for a run along the coast to celebrate having functioning livers! I got into the spirit […]
RCEM CPD Conference 2022 Day 2 Read More »
I gave this talk at the SASEM (Saudi Arabian Society for Emergency Medicine) conference, 2022. In this talk, I discuss recent practice-changing evidence relating to emergency airway management. I cover endotracheal intubation in out of hospital cardiac arrest (including the AIRWAYS-2 trial), video vs. direct laryngoscopy tips to optimise your view on laryngoscopy and maximise first pass success, and I cover the use of surgical cricothyroidotomy by London Ambulance Service.
SASEM: Cutting Edge Evidence-based Airway Management Read More »
Bradycardia in the trauma patient can be a perilous sign. One might observe a typical course of events in which a bleeding trauma patient progresses through the compensatory mechanisms in
What is the Bezold-Jarisch Reflex and why do I care?! St Emlyn’s Read More »
It’s that time of year again when the Trauma Care UK conference comes around and I get to talk about 10 interesting trauma papers from the last 12 months or
Top 10 Trauma Papers for Trauma UK conference. 2020-2021. St Emyln’s Read More »
I’ll admit that my long term clinical practice has been to prefer balanced solutions (in my case Hartmans) over 0.9% saline in the management of the critically ill patient. It’s
JC: The BASICS trial. 0.9% saline vs balanced solution. Does it matter? Read More »
A quick update on an TTM2 trial published in the NEJM last month. As part of the chain of survival it’s important to optimise the post resuscitation phase, primarily to
JC: The TTM2 trial. Normothermia or hypothermia post cardiac arrest. Read More »
Although this post is mainly about the new Anaphylaxis Guidelines published recently, please bear with me while we get a little nerdy with some physiology first… For anyone starting out
Anaphylaxis – A Guideline Update Read More »
If you’re an avid follower of FOAM, you’ll have seen many assertions that manual pulse checks by healthcare providers during cardiac arrest are pretty unreliable at best. The most commonly
JC: Finger on the Pulse? Read More »