Prehospital Care

Two 2016 studies examine difficult questions in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: whether amiodarone or lidocaine improves outcomes, and how resuscitation duration relates to neurological recovery. Natalie May considers study design, statistical uncertainty and why translating findings into bedside decisions needs care.

Recorded at the London Trauma Conference in 2014, Iain Beardsell and Gareth Davies discuss impact brain apnoea after head injury. They explore the proposed physiology, difficulties in gathering evidence and the potential role of bystanders and early responders in addressing airway and breathing problems.