Category: Critical care / ICU

I was called in last week to manage this case and I found a few key decision points that required me to think a little...

Here is an interesting statistic – the “Number Needed to Treat” for aspirin in acute STEMI is actually about 42, for thrombolysis in STEMI it...

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...

The Royal College of Anaesthetists in the UK has released its 4th National Audit – looking into the root causes of airway disasters.  It is...

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,...