Branham sign
Nicoladoni-Israel-Branham sign: Compression of the arterial supply to an arteriovenous fistula causes bradycardia and hypertension
Category Medical Specialty
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
Pediatric Ortho Cases 001
August 2021 Pediatric Orthopedic case interpretation - Elbow injuries - Supracondylar fractures - with Kelsey Lena, Danielle Sutton, and Virginia Casey
Severe asthma management
Haney Mallemat recounts a story of an asthmatic who minutes after he was intubated, became bradycardic, hypertensive and coded.
Harris Branham
Harris Miller Branham (1862 – 1936) was an American physician. Branham sign (1890) - bradycardia following occlusion the artery entering an arteriovenous fistula
George Fell
George Edward Fell (1849 – 1918); American surgeon and engineer. Innovator of Forced respiration (IPPV), Fell laryngeal tube, the electric chair and Fell apparatus
Rudolph Matas
Rudolph Matas (1860 – 1957) was an American vascular surgeon; prominent figure and pioneer to the fields of both surgery and anaesthesia.
Joseph O’Dwyer
Joseph O'Dwyer (1841 – 1898) was an American physician. Father of laryngeal intubation in croup; O'Dwyer plain tube; system for intralaryngeal intubation; Fell-O’Dwyer apparatus
Missing the low hanging fruit
Rant: Missing low hanging fruit in prehospital medicine. Mike Abernethy talks to us about the importance of bystander action.
John H. Blease
John Henry Blease (1906 - 1985) British inventor and anaesthetic technician. Blease-Manley ventilator; the Alfo-Blease anaesthetic machine
Code Crimson
A trauma patient has come in and they have a life threatening, non-compressible haemorrhage. We have a Code Crimson on our hands.
John T. Bowen
John Templeton Bowen (1857 – 1940) was an American dermatologist. Eponym: Bowen's disease, Bowen's disease of the vulva, Bowenoid papulosis