Mobile devices have become synonymous with not only our personal lives and downtime (wherever that can be found) but also … More
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Sealed Supraglottic Airways – A concept to improve the safety of laryngeal mask airways amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
With the current impact of the COVID-19 pandemic being felt around the world, there has been an explosion of ingenuity … More
NIBPWTF
Picture this – you are managing a patient who looks like shit, has a heart rate of 155 and a … More
The Boy from Betio
This is Betio hospital…one of 2 main hospitals in Tarawa, the capital of island nation of Kiribati. I was … More
Distracting Sick Kids (…With cheap party tricks)
The therapeutic use of distraction is one of the most remarkable skills a critical care nurse can use when caring … More
Let’s talk about COACHED baby
Defibrillation is one of the cornerstones of effective resuscitation following cardiac arrest. The ability to reorganise a lethal arrhythmia into … More
Healing Hands (…only CPR) – A valuable rescue tool for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
While there are lots of interesting things to read on the Internet, only a few have the potential to help … More
Hooray for Coude (…tip catheters)
Urinary catheters are useful for a wide variety of reasons and in most circumstances are relatively straight forward to insert. … More
Feeling Pulses in Cardiac Arrest
This picture is the most accurate summation of this topic I have ever seen (in the form of interpretive Zoidberg) … More
The Crunch
While many factors impact our ability to deliver effective care to our patients, positioning is one of the simplest, but … More