Cold is the new hot topic in Resus
Here is an interesting statistic – the “Number Needed to Treat” for aspirin in acute STEMI is actually about 42, for thrombolysis in STEMI it...
Preoxygenation Pearls
This post might become a regular under the banner “What I learned from Scott Weingart this week!” Scott runs the EMCrit blog and if you...
From Death we Learn – RCA Audit outcomes
The Royal College of Anaesthetists in the UK has released its 4th National Audit – looking into the root causes of airway disasters. It is...
Clinical Case 004 – Post-op PEEP++
This case happened today and I think it is in my top 3 ventilation challenges ever! 19 yo man, fit and well, thin. Acute appendicitis,...
Raised Intracranial pressure – can we pick it with the US?
Working in small hospitals where CT is either not available or hard to get after 16:00 one of the big questions that I find myself...