Here is the pre-reading for the Education Session on the Ambu aScope. Objectives for the session: 1. Indications for endoscopic airway instrumentation (1) looking at airways (eg. burns, FBs, stridor) (2) awake fibreoptic intubation (3) intubation through a supraglottic device…
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Resus Topic: Vascular Access
Our first resus topic of the month is Vascular Access. Here are the questions, which you can download as a PDF here Resus Topic of the Week: Vascular Access 1. Where are central venous catheters (CVCs) kept? 2. What are…
Status Epilepticus Sim 2016-05-26
This hypothetical case was simulated today with resident medical staff and nursing staff. The Case An obese 40 year male with type 2 diabetes mellitus presented in status epilepticus. He had taken an oral hypoglycaemic agent but rather than have…
Cardiac Arrest Sim 2016-03-11
A case of refractory ventricular fibrillation was simulated, outlining the challenges faced in a non-cardiac centre in a patient for whom standard Advanced Cardiac Life Support measures fail to achieve return of spontaneous circulation. The simulation highlighted some excellent approaches…
Resident Education 11-02-2016
1400 Airway Mangement Checklist 1430 Case Presentation 1500 Airway Practical Skills Basic Airway Management Surgical Airway References / Further Reading:
Age adjusted D-dimer cut-off values
Age adjusted D-dimer cut-off values (age×10 µg/L) improve specificity without losing sensitivity for venous thromboembolism. This could spare many elderly patients unnecessary imaging. Diagnostic accuracy of conventional or age adjusted D-dimer cut-off values in older patients with suspected venous thromboembolism:…
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Whiplash RCT
Emergency department treatments and physiotherapy for acute whiplash: a pragmatic, two-step, randomised controlled trial Lancet. 2013 Feb 16;381(9866):546-56 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23260167
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Registrar teaching 10th May 2013
Emergency Neurology Updates 1. Sensitivity of computed tomography performed within six hours of onset of headache for diagnosis of subarachnoid haemorrhage: prospective cohort study. Perry JJ, Stiell IG, Sivilotti ML, et al. BMJ. 2011 Jul 18;343:d4277Take home points: Non-contrast CTB…
New CO2 cables in Resus
We’ve moved to using new sidestream end tidal carbon dioxide adaptors in resus. A video on how to connect them is here: Remember, end tidal CO2 detection, or capnography, is mandatory in ALL intubations, including cardiac arrest. It is the…
Beaches Emergency Team 