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Episode 28: LOST
Cardiac arrest is the end point, it is the symptom, not the diagnosis. The pathophysiological process varies, and this is particularly relevant in trauma vs medical. In medical cardiac arrest, the pathological processes tend to affect the heart’s abilit
Episode 27: Checklists
We recommend reading Atul Gawande’s book ‘The Checklist Manifesto’. It’s a well written, fascinating story about the introduction of the WHO Safer Surgery checklist and the impact it had. This link will take you straight to Amazon if you want to buy a cop
Episode 26: Tranexamic Acid
The paper which we discuss in the interview is available open access here How does tranexamic acid work? Critical appraisal aids To understand more about hierachy of evidence and how a systematic review fits into this please have a look at these resourc
Episode 25: Tension pneumothorax 2
Where can you undertake decompression of a pneumothorax? Be particularly careful when using the 2nd intercostal space mid-clavicular line that you are sufficiently lateral. For example, here are the locations identified as ‘2nd ICS mid clavicular line’ am
Episode 24: Tension pneumothorax 1
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Episode 23: Intraosseus access
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Episode 20: End Tidal Carbon Dioxide
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Episode 19: Surgical Airway
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