Dunn RJ
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The Ventricular arrhythmias page has been updated with additional information about stellate ganglion block.
The Cardiac arrest in special circumstances page has been updated with additional information about the possible superiority of lignocaine in this situation and outcomes.
The Advanced life support page has been updated with additional information about investigations in PEA/asystole.
The Advanced life support page has been updated with additional information about occult VF.
The Ventricular arrhythmias page has been updated with additional information about occult VF.
The Management of PE page has been updated with some other minor updates.
The Management of PE page has been updated, including additional information about thrombolytic management.
The Management of PE page has been updated, including increased emphasis on the importance of reducing the degree of pulmonary arterial obstruction in shocked patients and the lack of expected results from other measures – and don’t use metaraminol!
The Hip dislocation page has been updated with some additional information about constrained liner prosthesis management.
A new page called Large bowel obstruction has been created from the contents of the Bowel obstruction page.
The Bowel obstruction page has had a number of other updates.
The Bowel obstruction page has been updated with additional information about US in bowel obstruction.
The Bowel obstruction page has been updated with additional information about CT in bowel obstruction.
A new page called Methods of haemorrhage control has been created from the contents of the Management of the major trauma patient page to improve the length of the page.
The Management of the major trauma patient page has had a number of other updates.
The Management of the major trauma patient page has been updated to emphasise the priority of haemorrhage control over definitive airway management.
The Cardiac output measurement page has been updated with information about the automated Simpsons method for measuring cardiac output by echocardiography.
The Inotropes and vasopressors page has been updated with a short (but very important, and quite frankly I can’t believe this was not already covered!) segment on contraindications to metaraminol. Anaesthetists use it a lot because their patients much more commonly have a neurogenic component to their shock than ED patients.
The Management of sepsis page has had a few minor updates.