Acute pre‐hospital medicine: Perspectives of an emergency medicine fellow and critical care paramedic

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 670-671
Author(s):  
Anja Dehn ◽  
Prudence Snedden
Author(s):  
Daisy Fancourt

Emergency medicine involves the care of patients who require immediate medical attention. The specialty encompasses a broad range of medical disciplines, including anaesthesia, cardiology (a field related to the heart), neurology (a field related to the brain), plastic surgery, orthopaedic surgery (surgery relating to the bones or muscles), and cardiothoracic surgery (surgery relating to the heart, chest, or lungs). There are also a number of subspecialties including extreme environment medicine, disaster medicine and sports medicine. Related to emergency medicine is the specialty of critical care medicine, which is concerned with the care of patients with life-threatening conditions often treated in intensive care settings....


2021 ◽  

Critically ill paediatric transfers have expanded rapidly over the past ten years and, as such, the need for transfer teams to recognise, understand and treat the various illnesses that they encounter is greater than ever. This highly illustrated book covers a multitude of clinical presentations in a case-based format to allow an authentic feel to the transfer process. Written by clinicians with experience in thousands of transfers, it brings together many years of experience from a world-renowned hospital. Following the case from initial presentation, to resuscitation and referral and finally with the transfer itself; the book explores the clinical stabilisation, human factors decisions and logistical challenges that are encountered every day by these teams. Following the entire journey, this is an ideal resource for all professionals who may be involved in critical care transfer and retrieval medicine, particularly those working in paediatrics, emergency medicine, anaesthesiology, intensive care, or pre-hospital settings.


F1000Research ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 1295
Author(s):  
Jean-Louis Vincent

A new channel for Critical Care offers clinicians and medical researchers a platform for publishing new research without the barriers and delays they often encounter in traditional journals. The channel welcomes research and debate across the broad field of acute care and emergency medicine, including confirmatory and negative/null studies supported by new data


Critical Care ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wade Brown ◽  
Lekshmi Santhosh ◽  
Anna K. Brady ◽  
Joshua L. Denson ◽  
Abesh Niroula ◽  
...  

Abstract Endotracheal intubation (EI) is a potentially lifesaving but high-risk procedure in critically ill patients. While the ACGME mandates that trainees in pulmonary and critical care medicine (PCCM) achieve competence in this procedure, there is wide variation in EI training across the USA. One study suggests that 40% of the US PCCM trainees feel they would not be proficient in EI upon graduation. This article presents a review of the EI training literature; the recommendations of a national group of PCCM, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, and pediatric experts; and a call for further research, collaboration, and consensus guidelines.


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