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A blog on anaesthesia, intensive care and emergency medicine. In-hospital and outside. Mostly focusing on the critically ill patient. Written by two Scandinavian senior anaesthetic registrars turned consultants.
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Category Archives: Prehospital Medicine
UNDERESTIMATING BLEEDING
Some years ago, while working for an air ambulance, me and an experienced paramedic responded to a pedestrian-vs-car accident. A young female was out driving when she had a flat tire. As she opened the rear compartment to get the spare tire, a second … Continue reading
Posted in Prehospital Medicine, Trauma, Uncategorized
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LONGEST VF
A fascinating case report was recently published in Resuscitation. A young female speleologist was avalanched in the polish Tatra mountains. As she had access to an air pocket and some degree of ventilation she didn’t to succumb to the asphyxiation … Continue reading
Posted in Cardiology, Prehospital Medicine, Wilderness Medicine
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DIRECT LARYNGOSCOPY KILLED THE VIDEO STAR?
Videolarygoscopy (VL). Brave new world. VL makes any intubation easy, and solves airway managment problems. Well, it can be a life-saver, but it also brings its own set of problems. Two new RCTs comparing VL and DL are just out. … Continue reading
BP MANAGEMENT IN BRAIN BLEEDS
There´s a nice Best BET mini review in EMJ April 2016. The authors ask if it is safe and beneficial to control hypertension in the acute/hyperacute phase (~<6h from presentation) in patients with acute intracerebral haemorrhage.
CPR AND AMIODARONE
There’s a new RCT out in NEJM on amiodarone and lidocaine in cardiac arrest. It’s an interesting study we wrote on, but needed a less categorical take. In the unselected study population, amiodarone and lidocaine did little for the patients. … Continue reading
Posted in AHLR, Emergency Medicine, Prehospital Medicine
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NEW CPR GUIDELINES
The Norwegian Resuscitation Council has released revised guidelines for CPR, and presented them at the Scandinavian conference for emergency medicine, SAM 16. These recommendations might differ from international recommendations. Click image or “more” for a quick English translation and run-through … Continue reading
Posted in AHLR, Emergency Medicine, Prehospital Medicine
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PAIN CAN´T BE USED TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN PARTIAL AND FULL THICKNESS BURNS
The absence of of pain has even been used to differentiate between partial and full thickness burn injury. Traditional teaching is that full thickness burns are painless due to the cutaneous nerve endings being destroyed. A paper in AJEM suggest it´s … Continue reading
THE LATERAL TRAUMA POSITION
Transporting unconscious or obtunded victims supine can be dangerous as it may result in mechanical obstruction of the airway or fluid aspiration unless the airway is secured. Traditionally, EMS have used the recovery position with the victim lying on his/her side , … Continue reading
Posted in Prehospital Medicine, Trauma
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IT ALL STARTED WITH A PLUNGER
Anesthesia and Analgesia just published a superb review on the current edge of CPR. But everything started with a plunger. Yup! A plunger ! In the late eighties, a son resuscitated his father with the help of a plunger. Poorly … Continue reading
Posted in CPR, Emergency Medicine, Prehospital Medicine
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OWN THE O.G.
Passing the orogastric tube can be difficult or sometimes impossible. Unfortunately a lot of patients really need their OGs and in a time-critical scenario you don’t want to spend too much time struggling with it. Here is a simple trick a senior … Continue reading