Control of haemorrhage
A new section about the control of haemorrhage in trauma, with particular reference to aortic compression, has been added to the Management of the trauma patient page.
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Cardiac impeller devices
A small section on cardiac impellers has been added to the Mechanical cardiovascular support page.
Predictors of CHB following MI
A small section on the risk of developing CHB following MI has been added to the Bradycardias page.
Systemic vascular resistance
Some additional information about systemic vascular resistance has been added to the Determinants of cardiac failure page.
Airtrac models
Additional information about the different types of Airtrac airway devices has been added to the Intubation equipment page.
iGEL O2
New information about the iGEL O2 airway device has been added to the Difficult intubation page.
Mechanical and open cardiac compression
The Basic life support page has been updated with additional information about mechanical and open cardiac compression.
Active temperature control techniques
The Advanced life support page has been updated with additional information about post cardiac arrest temperature control techniques.
When not to follow standard ALS guidelines for cardiac arrest
The Advanced cardiac life support page has been updated with additional information about cardiac arrest in special circumstances.
Therapeutic hypothermia
The Advanced cardiac life support page has been updated with specific reference to the recent NEJM trial that casts serious doubt about the benefits of therapeutic hypothermia, but still supports the avoidance of fever in post arrest care.
Iron toxicity
The Iron page has been updated with additional information regarding toxicity.
Cardiac axis
The Cardiac axis page has been updated, including information regarding p wave axis and QRS-T wave angles.
Cardiac arrest
The Basic life support page has been divided to create a new page called Cardiac arrest. This page deals with the general aspects of cardiac arrest, whilst Basic life support concentrates on BLS delivery.
PEA
Some additional information about the incidence and epidemiology of PEA has been added to the Advanced life support page.
Epistaxis
The Epistaxis page has been revised and updated.
ITP
The Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura page has been revised and updated.
Thrombocytopenia
The Thrombocytopenia page has been revised and updated.
Febrile neutropenia
The Febrile neutropenia page has been extensively revised and updated.