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in Medical Conditions
10/05/14
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Dextrose 10% in the Treatment of Out-of-Hospital Hypoglycemia

Dextrose 10% is a feasible, safe and efficient alternative to Dextrose 50% in the prehospital management of hypoglycaemia.

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in Resuscitation
09/05/14
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No Benefit to Prehospital Initiation of Therapeutic Hypothermia in Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Is there any benefit to initiating therapeutic hypothermia in the prehospital setting? This systematic review says possibly not using current evidence.

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in Sepsis
29/04/14
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Improving the management and care of people with sepsis

David Fitzpatrick and colleagues investigate medical and nursing staff perceptions and experiences of the introduction of a pre-hospital sepsis screening tool (PSST) to expedite sepsis identification and care delivery

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in Cardiac
18/04/14
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Prehospital use of furosemide for the treatment of heart failure

Are we failing to diagnose heart failure in the prehospital setting? And should we still be giving furosemide to those we do diagnose?

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in News
18/04/14
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Surviving Sepsis Campaign responds to ProCESS trial results

SSC continues to recommend all elements of the current sepsis resuscitation bundles.

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in Cardiac
16/04/14
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Symptoms of Myocardial Infarction: Concordance between Paramedic and Hospital Records

Can prehospital records show concordance between myocardial infarction symptoms when compared with hospital records and ED diagnosis?

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in Featured Article, Shock
10/04/14
ivfluids

CRISTAL trial: Colloids vs crystalloids in critically ill patients presenting with hypovolemic shock

A trial designed to test whether use of colloids compared with crystalloids for fluid resuscitation alters mortality in patients admitted to the ICU with hypovolemic shock.

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in Education, Simulation
07/04/14
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Improving bariatric patient transport and care with simulation

Is there a place for bariatric-specific simulation in prehospital education?

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29/03/14
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Peninsula Emergency Medicine and Trauma Conference

The Peninsula Emergency Medicine and Trauma Conference 2014 is the third national level conference hosted by the Peninsula Trauma and Emergency Care Society. Taking place at the Future Inn in Plymouth on the 29th – 30th March 2014, we are laying on a feast for all interested in Emergency Medicine and Trauma care, from trainees […]

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in Featured Article, Sepsis
23/03/14
sepsis

ProCESS Trial: Protocol-Based Care for Early Septic Shock

In a multicenter randomised trial conducted in the tertiary care setting, protocol-based resuscitation of patients in whom septic shock was diagnosed in the emergency department did not improve outcomes.

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