Tag Archives: Coffee and Cases Snippets

Coffee & Cases Snippets – August 2023 Newsletter

Posted on September 20, 2023 by Natalie May

 Top 10 C+C Snippets from the last month:  1. Time for re-attachment of a limb is longer than you might expect! The severed limb can be viable for up to 12 hours.  2. Guidance for amputated parts:  – Rinse with … Continue reading →

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Coffee and Cases Snippets: Don’t Leave Me In Suspense

Posted on April 27, 2023 by robertlloyd85

By Raphael Dworkin, HEMS registrar. Every morning our team discusses cases over coffee. Here is a useful snippet… Fictional Vignette– 52M rally car driver accidentally clips a tyre wall causing his car to flip upside down at low speed. It … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Coffee and Cases Snippets from April 2023

Posted on April 6, 2023 by robertlloyd85

In infants, a blood pressure cuff can be used as an effective pelvic splint. Post-RSI sedation in paediatrics is cognitively challenging. Take the time to sense-check the dosing strategy you are using. The NETS calculator might be a useful resource … Continue reading →

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Coffee and Cases Snippets: Intubating the patient with a HAGMA

Posted on April 6, 2023 by robertlloyd85

Every morning our team discusses cases over coffee. Here is a useful snippet… Patients with a severe high anion gap metabolic acidosis (e.g. from severe DKA, AKI, toxic ingestions, severe lactataemia from bleeding/sepsis/some other form of badness) have a markedly … Continue reading →

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