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Swept into the Vortex

Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Sunday, January 19, 2014, In : Clinical topics 
Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Wednesday, March 6, 2013



Yet another development in airway management has appeared. I came across it about a month ago and it's worth having a think about how it might fit in with motorsports resuscitation.

It is called the Vortex Approach and is designed for use when you find yourself in an unexpected difficult or failed airway situation. The Vortex Approach is a cognitive model developed by two Australians, Dr Nicholas Chrimes, an anaesthetist at Monash Medica...
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Pre-hospital RSI - Addressing some of the challenges

Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Sunday, January 19, 2014, In : Clinical topics 
Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Wednesday, January 23, 2013



Airway management can be a cause of great stress in the well apportioned and resourced resus bay of an ED or an ICU or in an operating theatre. The stress factor is magnified in the pre-hospital environment where the conditions and elements may operate against you. This can be even worse if you are working with people and equipment that you are unfamiliar with, as is not uncommon at motorsport events.

So it's always worth seeing how t...
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Extraglottic airway device review

Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Sunday, January 19, 2014, In : Clinical topics 
Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Back when I started up the ASMMR and put out a newsletter, I wrote a piece on the range of airway devices available, from simple oropharyngeal airways to endotracheal intubation (You can read it here: ASMMR Vol 1, Issue 3, July 2009). Recently I came across a review article in Anaesthesia & Analgesia devoted just to extraglottic airways (also known as supraglottic airways, though there is some semantics involved) and it makes a good ...
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