Antibiotics in sepsis
The Management of sepsis page has been updated with additional information about antibiotics in sepsis.
Resuscitation
Cardiac output chapter created
A new chapter called Cardiac output has been created from the Circulatory resuscitation chapter. This has been do improve navigation by making the size of the previous Circulatory resuscitation chapter smaller. Unfortunately this means that any external links (e.g. personal bookmarks) to the affected pages will be broken.
Sepsis chapter created
A new chapter called Sepsis has been created from the Circulatory resuscitation chapter. This has been do improve navigation by making the size of the previous Circulatory resuscitation chapter smaller. Unfortunately this means that any external links (e.g. personal bookmarks) to the affected pages will be broken.
Blood component therapy chapter created
A new chapter called Blood component therapy has been created from the Circulatory resuscitation chapter. This has been do improve navigation by making the size of the previous Circulatory resuscitation chapter smaller. Unfortunately this means that any external links (e.g. personal bookmarks) to the affected pages will be broken.
Hypovolaemia chapter created
A new chapter called Hypovolaemia has been created from the Circulatory resuscitation chapter. This has been do improve navigation by making the size of the previous Circulatory resuscitation chapter smaller. Unfortunately this means that any external links (e.g. personal bookmarks) to the affected pages will be broken.
4 weeks of anticoagulation post cardioversion for AF
The Stroke prevention in AF page has been updated to better indicate that 4 weeks of anticoagulation is required in patients who have been cardioverted.
Aspirin for AF stroke prevention
The Stroke prevention in AF page has been updated to reflect the very limited role that aspirin now has in stroke prevention.
AF reversion and time of onset
The Atrial fibrillation arrhythmia management page has been updated to account for the multiple different recommendations from differing national bodies about the safe time to cardiovert AFib after onset. These different recommendations that are mostly of a weak nature indicate that the optimum strategy is unknown. Many have been developed without Emergency Medicine or primary … Read more
Needle cricothyroidotomy
The Surgical airway techniques page has been updated with additional information about needle cricothyroidotomy.
Open cricothyroidotomy
The Surgical airway techniques page has been updated with additional information about open cricothyroidotomy.
Melker cricothyroidotomy kits
The Surgical airway techniques page has been updated with additional information about Melker cricothyroidotomy kits.
Emergency oxygenation devices
The Surgical airway techniques page has been updated with additional information about emergency oxygenation devices.
RAPID O2 emergency oxygenation device image
An image of a RAPID O2 emergency oxygenation device has been added to the Surgical airway techniques page.
Tracheal hook image
An image of a tracheal hook has been added to the Surgical airway techniques page.
Resuscitation teams
The Resuscitation teams page has been extensively revised, expanded and updated.
Difficult intubation equipment
The Difficult intubation equipment page has had a number of minor updates.
Endotracheal intubation
The Endotracheal intubation page has had some minor updates.
Bag mask ventilation
The Bag mask ventilation page has had some minor updates.
Mechanical CPR and outcomes
The Basic Life Support page has been updated, reinforcing the lack of proven benefit of mechanical CPR devices in most situations.
Other supraventricular tachycardias
The Other supraventricular tachyarrhythmias page has had some minor updates.