Dr Will Davies presents this important lecture. It is often a question asked. "Should I bring the family into the resuscitation cubicle during a cardi...

 An 88 yo patient is brought into the emergency department with significant bradycardia. During the evening the patient has been at home and has becom...

The patient in asystole, has a very poor prognosis. But is it really asystole?

Is there any benefit in giving one shock to that patient?

Surely we n...

In this Papercut we review the UK-REBOA Trial.

Rapid and effective control of haemorrhage in trauma results in better outcomes. Abdominal bleeding ...

Venous Excess Ultrasound is a grading system of systemic venous congestion. It is useful in the emergency department for patients whose fluid status...

Up to one third of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest(OHCA) have impaired myocardial contractility and vasodilatation. The mainstay of treat...

Dr James Edwards discusses the CLOVER Trial comparing restrictive to more liberal fluid management in Sepsis.

Reference

The National Hear...

Prof Paul Middleton brings us two practice changing papers

1. Cretinous M A et al. Respiratory Rate: The Neglected Vital Sign. MJA 2008;188: 657-659
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A 68 yo patient is brought into the ED, post cardiac arrest.

The patient collapsed whilst out. Down-time was approximately 5 minutes; bystander CPR w...

An 88 yo patient who is fully independent, is brought into ED by ambulance in Cardiogenic Shock. The only past history the patient has is hypertension...

Emergency airway management and specifically intubation can be associated with significant adverse events, related to the airway itself (failed intu...

A 78 yo patients presents with tachycardia and hypotension. There has been a recent episode of dysuria and the diagnosis of urosepsis is made. Antibio...