Craig M, Jeavons R, Probert J, Benger J. Randomised comparison of intravenous paracetamol and intravenous morphine for acute traumatic limb pain in the emergency department. Emergency Medicine Journal 10.1136/emj.2010.104687 PMID 21362724 I confess I have a bias against this stuff. … Read More »
No not this electrical storm This one One of the picks in R&R in the fast lane a few weeks back. A few brief points: Electrical storm defined as: 3 or more sustained episodes of ventricular tachycardia (VT), ventricular fibrillation (VF), or … Read More »
Here’s the next (not so) exciting instalment. Thanks for the emails and encouragement. Some neuro stuff is in progress! And if you have a slightly more accurate account of where the LisFranc story is from then I’d love to know As … Read More »
Most of you will have seen this BBC show linked to by Life in the Fast Lane a few weeks ago. If so I can heartily recommend you watch it now. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8rKzUk1wPg&w=560&h=315] There’s a lot of talk about how … Read More »
Jacobs IG, Finn JC, Jelinek GA, Oxer HF, Thompson PL. Effect of adrenaline on survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Resuscitation 2011 Sep.;82(9):1138–1143. PMID 21745533 This paper got a lot of attention in the podcasting/blogging world but … Read More »