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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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Ketamine in trauma and pre-hospital medicine

Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Saturday, January 18, 2014, In : Clinical topics 
Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Sunday, July 22, 2012

Ketamine seems to be one of those divisive drugs that some practicioners really love using (professionally of course), some seem to despise and some are put off by the scare stories that permeate the textbooks. The preservation of airway reflexes and comparative haemodynamic stability draws favour, while the age-associated emergence phenomenon, increase in ICP and incidence of laryngospasm draws fire.

From a practical point of view, it is a...
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