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Improving the qualities of ventilations during CPR

Emergency Live

The ventilation maneuver during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a complex intervention influenced by various factors related to the patient, the operator, and the environment.

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Single ventricle defects and the hunt for the best shunt

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Whilst waiting for an operation, they need to be managed medically. The underlying heart defect determines the precise operation performed – you might have heard of the Norwood procedure , an example used for HLHS specifically. Six hours post-operatively, they become more mottled, with weak pulses – signs of poor systemic perfusion.

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Cervical Spine Imaging in Kids – the PECARN rule

Don't Forget the Bubbles

In adult trauma cases, there has been significant research to help decide which patients require X-ray or CT imaging for possible cervical spine injuries, leading to the development of the National Emergency X-Ray (NEXUS) prediction rule and the Canadian C-Spine Rule (CCR). Why is this study needed?

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Awake, and Paralysed: A Never Event

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Intensive Care Research , 1 (3-4), pp.60-64. Awake fiberoptic intubation where the patient consents, co-operative AND the airway is prepared with local anaesthesia. This is referred to as CPR I nduced C onsciousness ( CPRIC ). This article is based on: Mayberry, H., Burgart, A.M. and Kanaris, C., W hat is the problem?

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Issue #3: The Latest in Critical Care, 6/5/23

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Read in Journal of Critical Care ECMO vs CPR for pre-hospital resuscitation after cardiac arrest. Register today for H&R 2023 Sucralose disrupts DNA in in vitro cell cultures, and is linked to leaky gut syndrome, according to researchers publishing in a toxicology journal. makes me long for an adequately powered randomized trial.

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UK-REBOA on Trial: Innovative or Over-Inflated?

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Researchers randomly assigned 90 eligible patients over ≈ 4.5 Comparator: The control group received standard care provided at a major trauma center, including intubation, blood product transfusion, interventions like tourniquet application, and early operative or endovascular hemorrhage control. 97% of patients sustained blunt trauma.

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Why the interest in pre-hospital? Why not?!

Mind The Bleep

From an early age, I always wanted to be the person on the scene helping those in need (my earliest memory was my mum teaching me first aid and CPR- a seed was planted me thinks!). Air Ambulance Charities operate many air ambulances in the UK and have associated rapid response cars for when the weather doesnt allow for flying.