Airway cases are a major component of Resuscitology course case discussions, and these results are why @karelhabig outlines the @SydneyHEMS approach to airway management on the course
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Great video on shock assessment that shows some more advanced ultrasound applications that many of us may not be familiar with but regardless the concepts are a lovely way to think about diagnosing undifferentiated shock in the resus room
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAfcgXdk3jU
Still places available. If we're over the current pandemic surge, these will be lovely chilled places to unwind together and remind ourselves why we do this https://twitter.com/resuscitology/status/1453849452565786626
We’re still buzzing from #Resuscitology9 this week. What a privilege it is to get together with doctor, nurse and paramedic colleagues - and to chat through the big stuff (and the small stuff too).
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Acute intensive care unit resuscitation of severely injured ... : Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Abstract/2021/12000/Acute_intensive_care_unit_resuscitation_of.15.aspx. Crystalloids in severe trauma ICU patients not good.
Combatting ischemia reperfusion injury from resuscitative... : Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Abstract/2021/12000/Combatting_ischemia_reperfusion_injury_from.13.aspx. Animal study of decreasing reperfusion injury in REBOA.
Are rib fractures stable? An analysis of progressive rib... : Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Abstract/2021/12000/Are_rib_fractures_stable__An_analysis_of.1.aspx. Rib fractures are a common cause of morbidity in trauma- this paper looks at predictors of progressive fracture offset.
If there was a big multi-centre double blind randomised controlled trial of INITIAL metaraminol vs norepinephrine / noradrenaline in septic shock, do you think there would be a difference in mortality? Can add / crossover if unable to reach MAP target.
@precordialthump @DogICUma
Your FAST is +ve for peritoneal free fluid in a hypotensive blunt trauma patient with liver disease & suspected ascites.
Consider a diagnostic peritoneal aspirate as a high yield rule-in test
Schellenberg M et al Contemporary utility of DPA in trauma https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Abstract/2021/11000/Contemporary_utility_of_diagnostic_peritoneal.7.aspx
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