The findings of various patient assessments must be combined to make sense of the patient's overall condition.
Crafted device for continuous monitoring of cuffed tube pressure.
ECG of a 75-year-old man presenting with central chest pain.
In prehospital emergency care, the evidence of underuse of analgesics in the face of valid indication (oligoanalgesia) remains a problem. Where issues around vascular access contribute to...
In complete heart block, all atrial impulses are blocked at the atrioventricular (AV) node. Ventricular depolarisation may be maintained by an escape pacemaker. Nodal escape rhythms, originating above...
Recent trials exploring the effectiveness of cardiac arrest drugs suggest that the effects are time-dependent, and that earlier drug administration may improve outcomes. Gaining intravenous (IV)...
The peripheral nervous system in the body is divided into two parts: the autonomic (automatic) and the somatic (conscious) nervous systems (Waugh and Grant, 2018). Here, we are concerned with the...
Because of the busy nature of a primary dental practice, staff members can vary day to day. Consequently, the roles that individuals assume in a medical emergency can and do change.
Ketamine was first synthesised in 1962 as a derivative of phencyclidine, which was deemed unsuitable for human use owing to its side effects, including extended emergence delirium (Domino and Luby,...
WhatsApp was selected to host the group due to its end-to-end encryption, ubiquitous use and ability to host large private groups. A closed group was created with access requested via a QR code (only...
In my October column, I highlighted some of the negative experiences I had encountered as an NQP so far. I was unsure if I wanted to share this side of being an NQP, but I would be painting a false...
