Resuscitation
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Knowledge of central venous pressure (CVP) is considered valuable in the assessment and treatment of various states of critical illness and injury. ⋯ NICVP as determined in this study may be a clinically useful substitute for traditional CVP measurement and may offer a valid tool for early diagnosis and treatment of acute states in which knowledge of CVP would be helpful.
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Prehospital airway management: a prospective evaluation of anaesthesia trained emergency physicians.
To determine the characteristics of prehospital tracheal intubation and the incidence of difficult-to-manage airways in out-of-hospital patients managed by emergency medicine physicians with anaesthesia training. ⋯ When compared to studies on laryngoscopy performed in the operating room, this study demonstrated a higher incidence of difficult and failed laryngoscopy, DAM, and high laryngeal grade views when patients were managed in a prehospital setting by anaesthesia trained physicians.
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Sudden cardiac arrest is a common mechanism of premature death in the community. Resuscitation is often possible, but no large study of resuscitation by doctors who practice there has been published. ⋯ Primary care doctors equipped with defibrillators attend patients with cardiac arrest under circumstances in which resuscitation is frequently successful. This presents a unique opportunity to reduce mortality from sudden cardiac arrest.