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Cohen AL et al. Femoral artery Doppler ultrasound is more accurate than manual palpation for pulse detection in cardiac arrest. Resuscitati...

Non-traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) accounts for 5% of acute headache presentations to the emergency department. The urgency to make a diagno...

Advanced airway is seen as a definitive and reliable means of establishing protected ventilation and oxygenation. It has been shown to improve ROSC...

This is a review of the Pragmatic Trial Examining Oxygenation Prior to Intubation (PREOXI) trial(1). (12 minute read)

The aim of this trial was to ...

Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT), is a non-ischaemic tachyarrhythmia, with which patients, not uncommonly, present to the emergency d...

The HALT-IT Trial(1) is an important trial and one we should know well. It looks at the use of Tranexamic Acid (TXA) in gastrointestinal bleeding. P...

You might ask; "Why's is subclinical Atrial fibrillation important?" We know that patients in atrial fibrillation(AF) have a 5 x risk of stroke comp...

A 63 yo patient presents to the emergency department at 11pm at night in new atrial fibrillation with a ventricular rate of 167 bpm. There is no past ...

In this Papercut we review the UK-REBOA Trial.

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

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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