Originally posted on Greater Sydney Area HEMS:
Cliff Reid, Karel Habig, and Geoff Healy discuss the approach to patients with hypoxia and obstructed airways, prior to rapid sequence induction. This is all about effective basic airway management.

Background Over 95% of the total body potassium content is intracellular. The amount of potassium in the body is regulated by renal glomerular filtration and tubular potassium excretion. The steroid hormone aldosterone which enhances renal secretion of potassium. Other factors which can affect renal excretion of potassium include sodium excretion in the kidney, dietary potassium intake and … More Acute Hyperkalaemia Review

Westmead EMIG Education – 12th and 13th of July Location

The use of interhospital Non-invasive Ventilation (NIV) is controversial Successful use of NIV requires the clinician to make a careful balance of the benefits of the therapy versus the risk of deterioration and need for intubation. This is especially important when undertaking interhospital retrieval as a clinical deterioration during transport in a confined space is less than … More Non-Invasive Ventilation in the interhospital setting