Prehospital Care in Africa
Mulinda Nyiendra discusses standardising pre-hospital care in Africa and some of the major issues experienced such as access to prehospital care services.
Category Neurology
Curiosity in medicine
Liz Crowe interviews Justin Morgenstern about curiosity in medicine.
Psychology of trauma care
Trauma care should be easy… shouldn’t it? So why doesn’t it feel easy? The clinical component is the easy bit, the challenge is the non-technical factors.
J. Leonard Corning
James Leonard Corning (1855 - 1923) was an American neurologist. Epidural block (1885); Regional anaesthesia (1885)
Ultrasound for LP
Wendy Chang takes us through the use of ultrasound for lumbar puncture and how this should be used consistently, not just for difficult cases and field cases.
Preparing for the unknown
Training and psychological preparedness is essential for prehospital and disaster clinicians, in order to effectively care for victims in austere environments.
Cardiac transplant
When time is muscle every second counts. Cardiac failure may not be so terminal after all, with Emily Granger
Paediatric trauma resuscitation
Resuscitating a critically injured child is one of the most stressful jobs in pre-hospital medicine, with Sam Bendall
Neuro Research
Naomi Hammond talks to us about applying research in the Neuro ICU and following up after critical illness.
Cardiac Arrest flow
Cardiac arrest physiology is an emerging field of research that may allow us to better understand why clinical trials of cardiac arrest have been so frustrating
Hypothermia and varices
Variceal bleeds can lead to terrifyingly messy resuscitations; this talk reviews tricks and tips for rescuing your patient from massive GI bleeding disasters.
Decompressive Craniectomy
What's next after RESCUEicp? -The results of this study may have been disappointing, but there are some questions about the trial itself which we review.