Prehospital Hypocapnia and Poor Outcome After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Patients admitted to a level 1 trauma centre with traumatic brain injury whose end-tidal CO2 was kept with the Brain Trauma Foundation recommended limits of 30-35 mmHg (3.9-4.6 kPa) had a lower...
View ArticleLMA to stoma ventilation
Level 1 evidence is great, but for useful tips that can add options to your resuscitation toolbox there are some great finds in journal letters pages. Try this one: An apneoic patient requires assisted...
View ArticlePEEP For Lung Recruitment
As we continue to increase the number of ways to use our procedure lab day for training, Dr Geoff Healy demonstrates the effect of incremental PEEP on lung recruitment in a pig carcass at Sydney HEMS...
View ArticleWhy would you clamp a tracheal tube?
This video explains the rationale for clamping the tracheal tube in PEEP-dependent patients prior to switching ventilator circuits, a manoeuvre that is included in our Difficult Oxygenation Operating...
View ArticleDrowning Case Review Learning Points (CGD 09/03/16)
Drowning is an all too common cause of morbidity and death, particularly in a region as rich in water activities as New South Wales. Providers of prehospital critical care should seek to master...
View ArticleBurns Management Pearls from the Experts
At our recent Clinical Governance Day (4/5/16) we were honored to have in attendance three experts who have dedicated their careers to the care of the burned patient. A cornucopia of pearls for...
View ArticleGetting the hang of the Hamilton Ventilator:
About the Hamilton we use: The Hamilton T1: A 7kg transport ventilator with a battery life up to 9 hours, this ventilator allows us to deliver between 2ml and 2000ml of tidal volume, making it...
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