The management of a cardiac arrest can be stressful at the best of times, but add into that the patient being a child and you have the potential for an overwhelmingly stressful situation.
Fortunately the major resuscitation bodies have some sound guidance on the management of paediatric arrests. In this episode we run through some of those guidelines and also the evidence base on the topic (scant at best!). We also touch on conveyance of the prehospital paediatric arrest, bringing familiy into the resuscitation area and knowing when to cease resuscitation.
We hope the podcast helps you prepare that little bit more for the next case you might see and that it may also ease the stress of such an emotive case.
Simon, Rob & James
Professor Simon Carley from St. Emlyns caught up with us at the superb Trauma Care Conference and talked through his top papers in trauma from the last 12 months.
There's something for everyone from diagnosing arterial injuries, blood pressure targets in the head injury patient, to i.v. contrast all the way through to imaging in kids.
If you haven't already, make sure you go and check out the St Emlyn's blog that underpins the talk that Simon gave. And if you're looking for a great value conference to suit all health care disciplines then make sure to keep an eye out for tickets when they go on sale for Trauma Care 2019.
A huge thanks to Simon C for his time recording the podcast and we'd love to hear any comments or feedback.
Enjoy!
References & Further Reading
For all the papers pop over to the St Emlyn's blog for the hyperlinks and abstracts
Dare we say it, we think this month's papers podcast is the best yet, we've got 3 superb papers and topics to consider!
The literature has been pretty airway heavy this month so we've got 3 papers on and around the topic for you.
First up we have a look at a really interesting paper from London HEMS looking at the risks v benefit of prehospital rapid sequence intubation in patients who are awake but hypotensive, is RSI a much needed move or something we should be looking to avoid prehospitally.
Airways-2 will soon be published looking at supraglottic airway management compared to intubation as first line airway management in out of hospital cardiac arrest, but JAMA has just published a paper comparing bag-mask ventilation vs endotracheal intubation in the same situation. It'll be interesting to see if this papers results fall inline with Airways-2.
Finally we take a look at a systematic review trying to give us the answer to direct or video laryngoscopy in emergency endotracheal intubation outside the OR.
Have a listen but most importantly have a look at the papers yourself and let us know your thoughts.
Enjoy!
References & Further Reading