Tag Archives: outcome

Paramedic RSI in Australia

Posted on December 30, 2010 by

A prospective, randomized, controlled trial compared paramedic rapid sequence intubation with hospital intubation in adults with severe traumatic brain injury in four cities in Victoria, Australia. The primary outcome was neurologic outcome at 6 months postinjury. Training Paramedics already experienced … Continue reading →

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HEMS transport may be predictor of survival

Posted on December 21, 2010 by

Helicopters are controversial in EMS circles, particularly in the United States, which seems to have a high number of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) crashes. Although this may in part be a reflection of a large increase in HEMS missions, … Continue reading →

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Paediatric arrest outcomes

Posted on October 29, 2010 by

A study of out-of-hospital paediatric arrests in Melbourne gives some useful outcome data: overall, paediatric victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survived to leave hospital in 7.7% of cases, which is similar to adult survival in the same emergency system (8%). … Continue reading →

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Scene times & penetrating trauma

Posted on October 27, 2010 by

An observational cohort study of penetrating trauma patients treated by the Mobile Emergency Care Unit in Copenhagen, Denmark over a seven-and-a-half year period sought to determine the effect of on-scene time on 30-day mortality. In this setting, in cases of … Continue reading →

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RCT of 7.5% saline in head injury

Posted on October 7, 2010 by

Over a thousand patients in North America with blunt traumatic head injury and coma who did not have hypovolaemic shock were randomised to different fluids pre-hospital. 250 ml Hypertonic (7.5%) saline was compared with normal (0.9%) saline and hypertonic saline … Continue reading →

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Pre-hospital cooling post arrest

Posted on October 1, 2010 by

An Australian randomised controlled trial assessed the effect of pre-hospital cooling (using 2 litres ice cold Hartmann’s) of post-cardiac arrest patients on functional status at hospital discharge. The intervention group were marginally cooler on arrival but did not have improved … Continue reading →

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No benefit from pre-hospital trauma doctor in Holland

Posted on September 24, 2010 by

Being human, I suffer from confirmation bias: I’ve become aware that I’m always on the look out for studies that show benefit from physician-provided pre-hospital care and therefore it’s possible I miss the ones that show no benefit. Of course, … Continue reading →

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Scene time not linked to outcome in large cohort

Posted on September 20, 2010 by

Okay – I admit to loving this paper, partly because it blows away the dogma of short scene times and ‘scoop & run’, and the oft-quoted but obnoxious assertion that the only pre-hospital fluid of benefit is gasoline. A massive … Continue reading →

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Increased mortality with non-trauma centre care

Posted on September 20, 2010 by

A trauma database was analysed to see if patients who were transported from the field to a non-trauma centre (NTC) and subsequently sent on to a trauma centre (TC) for definitive care fared worse than similar patients who were transferred … Continue reading →

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Surviving avalanche burial

Posted on June 26, 2010 by

Avalanche burial has a high mortality and yet in some cases there have been some amazing saves despite prolonged cardiac arrest. An international working group undertook a systematic review to examine 4 critical prognostic factors for burial victims in cardiac … Continue reading →

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