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The Difficult intubation page has been updated, including the recommendation to change laryngoscope type following one failed intubation type if you are experienced with more than one laryngoscope type.
The Assessment of abdominal injury page has had a number of minor updates.
The Trauma in pregnancy page has had a variety of minor updates – especially in relation to traumatic abruption.
The Airway management in trauma page has been updated, including information about stomach contents following major trauma.
The Treatment of hypovolaemia page has been updated, including revised contra-indications to permissive hypotension.
The Coagulation testing page has been updated with information about chromogenic factor X assays.
The Coagulation testing page has been updated with additional information about the limitations of POC INR testing.
The Febrile neutropenia page has been updated with information about the duration of neutropenia following chemotherapy.
The Thrombocytosis page has been updated with additional information about incidence and classification.
A 10 question quiz about paracetamol poisoning has been added to the Other quizzes page based on the recently released Australian and New Zealand guidelines. Chiew, AL, Reith, D, Pomerleau, A, et al. Updated guidelines for the management of paracetamol poisoning in Australia and New Zealand. Med J Aust 2019. The 10 questions are randomly … Read more
The Status epilepticus page has been updated with information about the efficacy of the most commonly used second line anti-convulsant agents.
The Paracetamol page has been updated with information from the new paracetamol management guidelines for Australia and New Zealand,
The Difficult IV access page has been updated with information about site of placement and drug delivery.
The Difficult IV access page has been updated with information about site of placement and success rate.
The Ventricular arrhythmias page has been updated with an ECG of fascicular tachycardia.
An Xray image of an enchondroma has been added to the Bone tumours page
The Efficacy of prehospital interventions page has been updated, including information about blood and US.
The Drug resistant organisms page has been updated with additional information about antibiotic choices.
The Drug resistant organisms page has been updated with a new segment on ESBL
The Drowning page has been updated with additional information about when CPR may be futile.