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...
Case 0002 – Speeding on speed….
30 yo man with a past history of IVDU, infective endocarditis with mitral vegetations / scarring and “adult-onset ADHD”. Several recent admissions for SVT. Presents...
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...
Special K – ketamine is making a comeback – new, safer and smoother!
Ketamine for ED sedation – seems to be making a big comeback for pretty much anything you want it for. Check out the link below...