Oct 23, 2016
Jim Manning presents the how and why of adrenaline in cardiac arrest. The use of adrenaline in cardiac arrest resuscitation has been popular since the 1960s. Laboratory studies and anecdotal experience showed improved rates of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) with the use of adrenaline at small dosages. This led...
Oct 22, 2016
Congenital heart disease isn't just diagnosed in the antenatal period and during post-natal examination. Nick Pigott takes us through the three main presentations of congenital heart disease (shock, cyanosis and heart failure) and reassures us that treating these patients is simpler than we think, urging us to consider...
Oct 20, 2016
John Glasheen discusses the importance and challenges of trade-offs in prehospital critical care.
Every Pre Hospital and Retrieval Medicine (PHARM) mission involves a series of complex decisions. These are made rapidly in a high-pressure environment.
Excellent PHARM clinicians are invariably expert decision makers. The...
Oct 20, 2016
Working in a Paediatric Emergency Department that has 52,000 attendances per year, means that at this point I have fallen into almost every possible pitfall associated with communicating with children and their parents, whether it be the seriously ill or the efficient disposition of the worried well and everything...
Oct 18, 2016
A demonstration in the ECMO-CPR process and then going back to basics, to understand the need for such a process and how to design and develop it from scratch using simulation to cut lead time and highlight and remove issues prior to rolling out on the patients. Making E-CPR both possible and...