Resuscitation Archives • LITFL https://litfl.com/category/medical-specialty/resuscitation/ Emergency medicine education and critical care education blog Tue, 27 May 2025 04:13:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://litfl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-LITFL-Logo-Square-516-TR-100x100.png Resuscitation Archives • LITFL https://litfl.com/category/medical-specialty/resuscitation/ 32 32 124409178 Airway – Cricothyroidotomy (surgical) https://litfl.com/airway-cricothyroidotomy-surgical/ https://litfl.com/airway-cricothyroidotomy-surgical/#respond Mon, 26 May 2025 22:00:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=284239 James Miers and John Mackenzie Airway – Cricothyroidotomy (surgical)

Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Surgical Cricothyroidotomy - inability to oxygenate and ventilate with (BVM, LMA, ETT) and age >10years

]]> https://litfl.com/airway-cricothyroidotomy-surgical/feed/ 0 284239 Procedure: Serratus Anterior Block https://litfl.com/procedure-serratus-anterior-block-instructions/ https://litfl.com/procedure-serratus-anterior-block-instructions/#respond Tue, 06 May 2025 00:12:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=283319 James Miers and Chris Partyka Procedure: Serratus Anterior Block

Emergency Procedure, instruction and discussion: Serratus Anterior Plane (SAP) Block; a technique most often used for rib fracture pain

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Emergency Procedure: Serratus Anterior Plane (SAP) Block; a technique most often used for rib fracture pain

]]> https://litfl.com/procedure-serratus-anterior-block/feed/ 0 283159 Airway – Cricothyroidotomy (needle) https://litfl.com/airway-cricothyroidotomy-needle/ https://litfl.com/airway-cricothyroidotomy-needle/#respond Thu, 13 Mar 2025 22:00:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=284236 James Miers and John Mackenzie Airway – Cricothyroidotomy (needle)

Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Needle Cricothyroidotomy when unable to oxygenate and ventilate with (BVM, LMA, ETT) and age <10years

]]> https://litfl.com/airway-cricothyroidotomy-needle/feed/ 0 284236 Airway – Laryngeal mask https://litfl.com/airway-laryngeal-mask/ https://litfl.com/airway-laryngeal-mask/#respond Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:50:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=284225 James Miers and John Mackenzie Airway – Laryngeal mask

Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Laryngeal mask airway (LMA) for airway compromise and deeply reduced level of consciousness or arrest

]]> https://litfl.com/airway-laryngeal-mask/feed/ 0 284225 Airway – Oropharyngeal airway https://litfl.com/airway-oropharyngeal-airway/ https://litfl.com/airway-oropharyngeal-airway/#respond Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:37:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=284208 James Miers and John Mackenzie Airway – Oropharyngeal airway

Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Oropharyngeal airway for upper airway obstruction (partial or complete) and reduced level of consciousness

]]> https://litfl.com/airway-oropharyngeal-airway/feed/ 0 284208 Airway – Nasopharyngeal airway https://litfl.com/airway-nasopharyngeal-airway/ https://litfl.com/airway-nasopharyngeal-airway/#respond Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:57:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=284203 James Miers and John Mackenzie Airway – Nasopharyngeal airway

Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Nasopharyngeal airway for upper airway obstruction (partial or complete)

]]> https://litfl.com/airway-nasopharyngeal-airway/feed/ 0 284203 Airway manoeuvres https://litfl.com/procedure-airway-manoeuvres/ https://litfl.com/procedure-airway-manoeuvres/#respond Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:40:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=284202 James Miers and John Mackenzie Airway manoeuvres

Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Airway manoeuvres for upper airway obstruction (partial or complete)

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Emergency Procedure, instructions and discussion: Internal Jugular (IJV) Central Venous Catheter placement

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Emergency Procedure: Internal Jugular (IJV) Central Venous Catheter placement

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Alexander Burns Wallace (1906–1974) was a Scottish plastic surgeon. Published the Wallace Rules of nine for burn size estimation in 1951

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Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Radial Arterial Line, with a guide made in partnership with a recent publication in Emergency medicine Australasia

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