We’re always a little cautious (scared) about entering any sort of emergency airway debate on social media as opinions are usually strongly held, and evidence is often of the lighter […]
JC: Rocuronium or Suxamethoniun for RSI. St Emlyn's Read More
There has been an ongoing debate about the use of video laryngoscopy (VL) in emergency and critical care​1–4​. Proponents speak of the better visibility and ability to teach using video
JC: Macintosh vs. McGrath laryngoscopy in pre-hospital care. Read More
Over the last few years there has been much effort and a fair bit of #FOAMed activity around ensuring that RSI in critical environments is as safe and efficient as
JC: Should we continue ventilations during RSI? St Emlyn’s Read More
Here in Virchester we believe that we were early pioneers of conscious sedation in the UK. It’s something we adopted as a routine procedure back in the 90s, in both
JC: Should we premedicate for ketamine sedation? St Emlyn’s Read More
This blog reviews the first large randomised controlled trial of cricoid pressure in emergency patients as published in JAMA Surgery, October 2018. Cricoid pressure is controversial. Although it has been
JC: Cricoid Pressure and RSI, do we still need it? St Emlyn’s Read More
If out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and outcome data is the topic, long is the list of research and passionate is the debate on every possible measurable outcome from pit crew
JC: OOHCA and Airway management. Do we need a tube? St Emlyn’s Read More
Here’s the September podcast round up of the St Emlyn’s blog. For some reason this did not get published back in 2018, so here it is now 🙂 The following
Podcast – September 2018 Monthly Round Up Read More
We’ve debated Apnoeic Oxygenation on St.Emlyn’s in the past​1​. Physiologically it kind of makes sense. The idea that we can put ‘Os up the Nose’ (as someone cleverer than I
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