Alcohol Withdrawal
Alcohol Withdrawal: common and can be fatal; manifests within 48 hours of stopping drinking
Making a bad thing good
Coming to terms with depression and mental health issues in the world of medicine
Ventilator Waveform Analysis
Ventilator Waveform Analysis
High Frequency Oscillation Ventilation
High Frequency Oscillation Ventilation (HFOV) is an unconventional form of mechanical ventilation that maintains lung recruitment, avoids overdistention, and does not rely on bulk flow for oxygenation and ventilation
Chemical Restraint
Chemical restraint or emergency sedation is used for management of acute behavioral emergencies. A drug is considered a restraint when it is used as a restriction to manage the patient's behavior or restrict the patient's freedom of movement and is not a standard treatment or dosage for the patient's condition.
Haemostatic resuscitation
Reviewed and revised 5 August 2015 OVERVIEW Haemostatic resuscitation is a key component of damage control resuscitation and forms the basis of most massive transfusion protocols involves resuscitation with blood components resembling whole blood aims to avoid or ameliorate acute coagulopathy…
Why Don’t We Wash Our Hands?
"Why don't we wash our hands?" is a SMACCtalk that explores why hand hygiene targets remains such a challenge for healthcare workers.
Magnesium
Magnesium: intracellular cation; hypomagnesaemia = common electrolyte abnormality in ICU
NSTEACS Management
NSTEACS is non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome, and includes non-STEMI and unstable angina
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Prognosis
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a devastating condition in terms of personal, societal and wider economic impact
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Monitoring
The core physiological monitor used in TBI is ICP monitoring, in addition to standard monitoring used for any critically ill patient
Permissive hypotension
Permissive hypotension is also known as hypotensive resuscitation and low volume resuscitation. The concept remains controversial and is primarily applicable to the penetrating trauma patient