For trauma patients suffering from massive blood loss, a care approach that emphasizes halting bleeding and restoring circulation first, rather than the traditional approach of restoring the airway ...

There is a greater prevalence of acid reflux disease in patients with both of these conditions, and treating the sleep apnea in turn may improve the acid reflux, which then may improve the cough, ...

Management of the difficult airway is one of the most relevant issues for practicing emergency physicians, intensivists, and anesthesiologists, since airway loss in an unconscious patient can lead to ...

I love to make things easy to remember and repeat, because our job requires us to remember more than we have the ability to. We all learned that the ABC acronym (airway, breathing, circulation) is the ...

When techniques that paramedics could improve upon are discussed, often, the topic of advanced airway comes up. We have statistically low success rates in achieving an advanced airway with an ...

Prof Kajal Jain, a key speaker, highlighted the importance of teamwork in managing emergency airways and stressed that proper oxygenation is crucial to prevent brain damage in trauma victims. She also ...

The workshop brought together around 70 doctors from Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh; Patiala, Delhi, Rishikesh, Bathinda and Srinagar To address the need for providing oxygen to ...

Trauma patients urgently requiring a breathing tube are more likely to survive if the tube is inserted before arriving at ...

The case: A 19-year-old Afghan man was critically injured after a blast from an improvised explosive device. A Canadian Forces medic treated him within minutes of the injury. On initial assessment in ...