Manual pressure augmentation (MPA) during defibrillation significantly reduced transthoracic impedance but did not improve survival, successful defibr...

A patient presents to the emergency department with an episode of severe vertigo that has now completely resolved. The neurological examination is nor...

By A/Prof Peter Kas

This is a recorded lecture from the Cardiac Bootcamp at EMCORE New Zealand. It covers arrhythmias, including wide complex tachyca...

The Low Oxygen Intervention for Cardiac Arrest Injury Limitation (LOGICAL) trial

The current response to patients who have achieved ROSC post cardiac...

Clinical question

In children presenting to an emergency department with suspected septic shock and abnormal perfusion, does using a balanced crystal...

Maximising our efforts during cardiac resuscitation, means maximising our chest compressions to achieve the best cardiac output possible. The reality ...

The Fifth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction represents a major conceptual update in the way myocardial infarction is classified and diagno...

QUESTIONS- Scroll to the bottom of the page for the answers.

1. Which of the following is part of a definition of an uncomplicated boxer's fracture?(...

Introduction

Atrial fibrillation(AF) increases the risk of stroke. We normally assess patients based on their CHA2DS2-VASc Score(0-9), with the highe...

Migraine is a common reason for presentation to the ED, yet treatment remains highly variable and in some cases inadequate, with a substantial number ...

We review the LOGICAL trial, that directly addresses the question of how aggressively we should avoid hyperoxia after ROSC.

THE TRIAL 
The LOGICAL Inv...