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
ECG Case 131
An 88-year-old man with palpitations and a HR fixed at 150. This is not flutter or AVNRT -- can you explain why?
Bezold–Jarisch reflex
Clinically, the Bezold-Jarisch reflex is an inhibitory reflex usually denoted as a cardioinhibitory reflex defined as bradycardia, vasodilation, and hypotension resulting from stimulation of cardiac receptors.
Cognitive Aids in Healthcare
Dr David Borshoff reviews cognitive aids in healthcare, including: their roles, how they should be used, designed, and implemented into patient care.
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
Surviving Trauma RSI
Surviving Trauma RSI and Coming Out the Other Side with Laura Duggan
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
Adrenaline in cardiac arrest
Does adrenaline require resuscitation or is adrenaline good for resuscitation? Gavin Perkins takes us through the research and findings.
ECG Case 130
Yet another ED patient with SVT -- but there is one feature on this ECG that suggests a congenital structural abnormality, can you spot it?
August Karl Gustav Bier
August Karl Gustav Bier (1861-1949) German Surgeon. Used Esmarch tourniquet forming the basis of his eponymous Bier block regional anaesthesia