Monthly Archives: April 2014

FOAMEd review of intubation checklist research

Originally posted on Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine – THE PHARM dedicated to the memory of Dr John Hinds:
Hi folks You might have heard Tim Leeuwenberg and I had a debate regarding checklists and airway experts His side of the…

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CRICOID PRESSURE POLL 2014

Head over to Prehospital med and vote in the poll on cricoid pressure. If you dare!

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Prehospital airway management : training, governance and evidence

Originally posted on Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine – THE PHARM dedicated to the memory of Dr John Hinds:
Photo courtesy of Dr Nicholas Chrimes Prehospital Airway management Training and competency There exists no uniform international standard as to what constitutes…

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The Death of the Cervical Collar?

Those fantastic Vikings over at one of my favourite FOAMed sites, ScanCrit have been rampaging through the dogma of cervical collars for some time, and now it seems the campaign is coming to a head: Bergen EMS will no longer apply … Continue reading

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PHARM Podcast 95 – Richard Levitan on SMACCGOLD and a call to airway excellence

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