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Ventricular Assist Devices
We may come across patients with Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs), either in the prehospital or interhospital setting. Prehospital & retrieval medicine practitioners should have a basic understanding of how they function, what can go wrong, and how to troubleshoot in emergencies. … Continue reading
Anaesthesia in the shocked patient
This 31 minute talk by Sydney HEMS consultant Dr Geoff Healy was delivered at a recent rural medicine conference Anaesthesia in the shocked patient
Passive leg raising during CPR
Measuring end-tidal carbon dioxide (ET CO2 ) is a practical non-invasive method for detecting pulmonary blood flow, reflecting cardiac output and thereby the quality of CPR. It has also been shown to rise before clinically detectable return of spontaneous circulation … Continue reading
Evidence refutes ATLS shock classification
I have always had a problem with the ATLS classification of hypovolaemic shock, and omit it from teaching as any clinical applicability and reproducibility seem to be entirely lost on me. I was therefore reassured to read that real physiological … Continue reading