Clinical Case 069: Can’t Intubate, can ventilate …. for now
I always thought that Beaker would be the toughest Muppet to intubate. Sure he’s skinny, but a non-existent thyro-mental gap and that big nose will...
Difficult intubation deliberation
Last week I posted on a tricky airway requiring AFOI (awake fibre-optic intubation) – see Awake Intubation Procrastination. I got a bit of correspondence from...
Acute Pain Targets
This post has been inspired by an excellent article by @anaestricks (Dr. Gavin Doolan http://anaestricks.tumblr.com ) entitled Acute Pain Targets. Here Gavin drew a simple diagram of...
Clinical Case 068: Surviving sepsis. Serial scans for super-sick sheila
My newly arrived UK RMO Dr Laura Castle and I managed a sick lady today and we used the bedside ultrasound to assist us in...
NIV: thoughts and tips
Non Invasive Ventilation (NIV) comes in a variety of forms, machines and names. It is something that has really changed the way we manage some...