#Prehospital

Dr. Sumit Sengupta (great pulmonologist based in Kolkata) writes: This is a personal summary of the COVID situation (without going into nuances or details) with some references meant for non-specialists

Chris “Wash Your Hands” Root

Last night, I was finishing up a chart on the ambulance. I checked my email and found out that my M.D. would be conferred today. The block exploded with applause.

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1/Just out today (free) in @JAMASurgery @Guyettef @Jjasonsperrymd @joshua_b_brown et al.#TXA During Prehospital Transport in Patients at Risk for Hemorrhage After Injury: A Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial https:/

The Paramedic experience of COVID-19 is completely counter to what I initially expectedNot to discredit the work of our incredible in-hospital colleagues, but the prehospital management of COVID feels ‘simple’Well

Lovely chat with a radiologist,Opening with “and your grade is?” before even letting me discuss a case and following it up with “I don’t expect to have to discuss this

Patricia (she/her)

Do you know how many times a cop has asked me “can you give them something?”https://www.ems1.com/investigation/articles/colo-medics-under-investigation-for-administering-ketamine-MB4w8oliI6Ab5Dnq/?utm_source=EMS1+Member+Newsletter&u

Well. That was a strange set of nights. Eerily quiet mixed with some incredibly unwell patients and challenging situations. Lots of reflecting and debriefing between the team, both regarding individual

Just discovered that it's 50 years since British ambulances started routinely carrying Entonox for pain relief. Though it's gone virtually unnoticed, this is a much more significant anniversary than it

Salty Major (Medical Type; 1 Each)

So, as a general principal, fluid administration is limited in both damage control resuscitation (DCR) as a means of mitigating what's known ad the 'trauma triad'- acidosis, hypothermia and hypocoagulability.

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Andrew Petrosoniak

My take on TXA in TBI following an excellent review by @Kumait_Allawati @SameerSharifMD @Bram_Rochwerg & colleagues. disclosure I'm a co-author Study objective? What is the efficacy & safety of TXA

Dr. Niamh Cummins

A thread on Public Health. Prior to #COVID19 there wasn't a great awareness among most people about #PublicHealth as a Medical Speciality. I don't mean any disrespect in saying that,

Ryan Morgan, MD

@TiaTiaraymond @AlexisTopjian just announced a big change in the @HeartCPR Pediatric #CPR guidelines...ventilate 20-30 times per minute during CPR in children with an airway in place. Based, in part, on