Category Resuscitation
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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.

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FAST HUGS IN BED Please!

Regardless of the underlying cause of the illness, the provision of meticulous supportive care is essential to the management of any critically ill patient. Back in 2005, Jean Louis Vincent popularised the FAST HUGS mnemonic for recalling the key issues to review when looking after a critically ill patient.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Cardiac transplant

When time is muscle every second counts. Cardiac failure may not be so terminal after all, with Emily Granger

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Neuro Research

Naomi Hammond talks to us about applying research in the Neuro ICU and following up after critical illness.

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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