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.
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).
Is First Pass Success an important outcome in PHEA research? Read More
Bougie use in the Emergency Department – a meta analysis
Bougie use in tracheal intubation Read More
A review of a RCT looking at Tracheal intubation for coma patients use in patients with decreased levels of consciousness from acute poisoning.
Intubation for the low GCS tox patient Read More
Our third blog on teaching HALO procedures. This week we focus on team training and performance. @stemlyns #FOAMed
Training for HALO procedures. Part 3: The Team. Read More
Critical appraisal of the DEVICE trial as published in 2023 NEJM. VL outperforms DL in this study of critically unwell patients.
Video Laryngoscopy vs Direct Laryngoscopy for Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults Read More
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
Etomidate for RSI induction? St Emlyn’s Read More
How to train for High Acuity Low Occurrence HALO procedures in emergency medicine and critical care. The Self preparation aspect.
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Training for HALO procedures. Part 2: Personal Preparation. St Emlyn’s Read More
RCEM CPD in London this week and I am off to give a talk on this interesting and ever developing topic. Hope to see some of you there. Although I
The Physiologically Difficult Airway Read More
