Resuscitation

A variety of small revisions have been made to the Non invasive ventilation and Ventilation in special circumstances pages.

A short segment about airway pressure release ventilation has been added to the Ventilation page.

A short segment on the increased anaesthetic risk in pregnancy has been added to the Anaesthetic risk page.

The Basic life support and Advanced cardiac life support pages have been updated to incorporate the 2015 ILCOR guidelines. Neumar, RW, Shuster, M, Callaway, CW, et al. Part 1: Executive Summary: 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Circulation 2015;132(18 suppl 2):S315-S67. http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/132/18_suppl_2/S315.short.

A short segment on ECMO has been added to the Mechanical cardiovascular support page.

Some additional information about the Fascia iliaca (Femoral nerve) block has been added to the Regional anaesthesia page.

Some additional information about the technique of collection of an arterial blood gas has been added to the Arterial access page.

The Central venous access page has been updated with information about the relative safety of the use of vasopressors through peripheral IV lines. Brewer, JM, Puskarich, Michael　A, Jones, Alan　E. Can Vasopressors Safely Be Administered Through Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Compared With Central Venous Catheters? Annals of Emergency Medicine http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.05.026.

The Central venous access technique page has been revised to now recommend the use of dynamic US for subclavian CVC insertion. Kim, JL, Koyfman, A. Does Ultrasonographic Guidance Reduce Failure Rates and Adverse Events for Subclavian Vein Catheterization Compared With the Landmark Technique? Annals of Emergency Medicine http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.07.001.

The Post arrest care page has been updated with some additional information about the role of post ROSC PCI following the release of guidelines on the subject in the July edition of JACC.

A short segment about the effect of magnet application to an AICD has been added to the Electrical cardioversion page.

A variety of additions have been made to the Physiological monitoring page, including sections on the components of a monitoring system and alarm fatigue.

A segment on the laboratory values that can be used from an IO aspirate has been added to the Difficult intravascular access page.