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CXR Essentials: Abnormal pacemaker lead position

Julian Dobranowski Medmastery video helps identify aberrantly placed cardiac pacer leads and complications such as pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, hydrothorax, hemothorax, hydromediastinum and cardiac tamponade

Julian Dobranowski
December 31, 2022

CXR Essentials: Abnormal CVC position

Julian Dobranowski Medmastery video helps identify incorrectly positioned central venous lines on chest x-ray and the potential complications of pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, hydrothorax, hemothorax and cardiac tamponade

Julian Dobranowski
December 23, 2022

FARES method for Shoulder Reduction

The FARES technique for reduction of anterior shoulder dislocations as demonstrated by the guys at Keeping Up with Emergency Medicine.

Chris Nickson
October 10, 2022

CXR Essentials: Abnormal ETT position

Julian Dobranowski Medmastery video helps you identify aberrantly positioned endotracheal tubes (ETT) on chest x-ray by locating the tip of the ETT and the position of the carina.

Julian Dobranowski
August 20, 2022

Emergency Procedures

Interview with the lead authors of the first iteration of a FOAMed online, peer reviewed, evidence based, Emergency Procedures website/phone app.

Mike Cadogan and Robert Buttner
September 23, 2021

Battlefield Surgery

MSF goes where no one else will go, but doing this kind of good is not getting any easier. John Swinnen on The Future of Battlefield Surgery.

Oliver Flower
September 7, 2021

Erector Spinae Plane Block

The Erector Spinae Plane Block (ESPB) is a technically simple and safe form of regional anaesthesia that can provide effective analgesia for 12 hours in patients with acute posterior rib fractures

Robert Buttner and Nish Cherian
August 30, 2021

Serratus Anterior Plane Block

The SAPB is a technically simple and safe form of regional anaesthesia that provides effective analgesia in patients with acute anterolateral rib fractures

Robert Buttner and Nish Cherian
August 28, 2021

Rare Life-Threatening Emergencies

Rare Life-Threatening Emergencies; Publication Deficits & Potential Solutions with Laura Duggan

Oliver Flower
August 2, 2021

Paediatric virtual reality

VR in paediatrics procedures. Those of us looking after kids know that making confronting situations better for those kids is one our biggest challenges.

Oliver Flower
July 29, 2021

SMACC 2019 red clinical critical care 340

Thriving after critical illness

ECMO is a life-saving intervention for critically ill patients, but patients describe a recovery period that can take months to years.

Oliver Flower
July 22, 2021

Paramedicine: beyond 2020

Gary Berkowitz provides a brief outline of the capabilities of HARU and some key principles that make it successful. Could this be a model for other ambulance services to follow in the future?

Oliver Flower
July 17, 2021