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
A summary of the talks from Day 1 of the PREMIER conference
The PREMIER Wessex Conference – Day 1 Read More
This post is from Australia and was brought to us by Dr Ben McKenzie. The events that precede this blog are utterly tragic, but from such tragedy there is hope
Just a routine resuscitation. The AMAX4 algorithm for anaphylaxis/asthma. St Emlyn’s Read More
As someone who works across both PEM and adult EM it’s interesting to reflect on how the workload varies. These days my adult work is heavily skewed to complex majors
The FORCE study: St Emlyn’s 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
Back in 2013, I wrote a post here on petechiae in well kids; it received a phenomenal number of views for reasons I don’t quite understand (I think it ended
JC: Spot the Difference, what can we do about petechiae? St Emlyn’s Read More
Ed – Back at the beginning of the pandemic we had a fantastic contribution from our friend and colleague Roberto Cosentini on the Bergamo experience of dealing with this terrible
Covid-19 in Italy with Roberto Cosentini part 2. St Emlyn’s Read More
Last year we reviewed a pilot RCT comparing IN Fentanyl vs IN Ketamine in kids​1,2​. We concluded that they were probably similar in analgesic effect but that Ketamine had a
JC: IN Fentanyl vs Ketamine for analgesia in PED. St Emlyn’s Read More
