A 999 emergency call to a 57-year-old female with breathing diffculty; seen to collapse in the street and ‘going blue’. The caller, a passer-by, said the female was holding an asthma inhaler. The...
An increase in the incidence of anaphylaxis in the industrialised world has been suggested by recent studies (Yocum et al, 1999; Decker et al, 2008; Simons and Sampson, 2008; Rudders et al, 2010). A...
Despite much media hype, compression-only CPR is only effective for short periods in individuals who suffer a sudden primary cardiac arrest. Recent studies suggest conventional CPR has better overall...
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