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CritCases 10 Hyponatremia Associated Seizures

Emergency Medicine Cases

In this EM Cases CritCases blog - a collaboration between STARS Air Ambulance Service, Mike Betzner and EM Cases, a middle aged woman presents to a rural ED with headache and vomiting, normal vital signs with subsequent status epilepticus and serum sodium of 110 mmol/L.

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Elective Placement With The Air Ambulance: Reflective Account and Top Tips

Mind The Bleep

I was able to see what they were able to do compared to other paramedic crews, such as airway management with endotracheal tubes and administering drugs like ketamine. There were multiple patients where the only intervention from the team was stopping resuscitation.

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The Nose: the other route to the lungs

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

This Blog episode concerns aspects of the concept of using the nose to obtain an airway or to ventilate emergency patients; it does not deal comprehensively with all aspects thereof that a specialist might do. Few people now remember that a strong early proposal in the move for expired air resuscitation was Mouth to Nose.