Is nebulised ketamine an option in the Emergency Department?
Journal club review of an RCT on the use of nebulised ketamine use in the emergency department.
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Anaesthetics
Explore key topics in anaesthesia, including airway management, sedation, analgesia, and perioperative care. Our evidence-based posts provide practical guidance for emergency and critical care clinicians, focusing on safe and effective anaesthetic techniques, troubleshooting challenges, and optimising patient outcomes.
Is First Pass Success an important outcome in PHEA research?
This JC from St Emlyn’s looks at a paper from SJTRM and explores the association between first-pass success (FPS) during pre-hospital intubation and 30-day mortality in patients treated by Finnish helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS).
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Bougie use in tracheal intubation
Bougie use in the Emergency Department – a meta analysis
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Intubation for the low GCS tox patient
A review of a RCT looking at Tracheal intubation for coma patients use in patients with decreased levels of consciousness from acute poisoning.
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Training for HALO procedures. Part 3: The Team.
Our third blog on teaching HALO procedures. This week we focus on team training and performance. @stemlyns #FOAMed
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Video Laryngoscopy vs Direct Laryngoscopy for Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults
Critical appraisal of the DEVICE trial as published in 2023 NEJM. VL outperforms DL in this study of critically unwell patients.
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Etomidate for RSI induction? St Emlyn’s
If you’re working in the UK then you will know that there is currently a shortage of ketamine (I know!). Specifically, we are struggling to get hold of the 10mg/ml
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Training for HALO procedures. Part 2: Personal Preparation. St Emlyn’s
How to train for High Acuity Low Occurrence HALO procedures in emergency medicine and critical care. The Self preparation aspect.
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