Doubling, tripling, quadrupling up
by dr-exmedicIn yet another effort to figure out optimal crew configuration, a group of researchers comes across an unexpected result.
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Holding the line
by dr-exmedicIt’s yet another high-quality cardiac arrest trial, but one that won’t change very much.
The iron lung of CPR
by dr-exmedicImagine not ventilating a patient during CPR. Now imagine that being standard practice. Studies like this one point us in that direction, though we’re not quite there yet.
Don’t let’s START
by dr-exmedicHow useful is one of the most common triage systems? The best way to find out might be to see how it works at an actual disaster.
It’s not always lazy to not work
by dr-exmedicAre you still working cardiac arrests on scene? If you’re thinking of not doing so, someone has finally compared all the rules for stopping resuscitation in one study.
Strongly worded medicine
by dr-exmedicAs an example of the (probably misattributed) Mark Twain quote about “Lies, damn lies, and statistics,” I found an example of an EMS study whose abstract is remarkably easy to misuse to support a point.
Just a bit of necking
by dr-exmedicThere are proven remedies, and unproven remedies–and remedies that are slowly being shown to not matter. This latest study provides a little more wood for the coffin that may one day contain spinal immobilization precautions.
Putting me out of business
by dr-exmedicThere aren’t too many central repositories of EMS research, but the Canadians are trying.
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