The Resus Room

Welcome back to the podcast, a new month, three more papers and discussion around the topics. We kick off with a paper comparing mechanical ventilation in CPR compared to the more traditional hand ven...

1 Mar 202436min

As we all know, rapid and effective resuscitation makes a huge difference to the chance of survival from a cardiac arrest. If you're going to pick a rhythm to have as the patient or as the Resuscitati...

14 Feb 202459min

Welcome back to February's papers of the month. Syncope is a really common presentation to the Emergency Department and it can be complicated to tease out those with a concerning precipitant from the ...

1 Feb 202430min

Fever is an incredibly effective mechanism to fight off pathogens. Clearly, whilst many illnesses that cause a fever don't require anything more than the body's natural response, there are some patien...

15 Jan 202458min

Happy New Year! We've got some great topic and in person events lined up for 2024 which we'll be able to share some more details about with you soon. This month we look at an RCT of conservative airwa...

1 Jan 202428min

We know it's the festive season but we thought we'd try and cover an issue from which there appears to be no escape and is a particular problem at this time of year, queuing! Whether we like it or not...

14 Des 202355min

We've talked about Aortic Dissection before in our Roadside to Resus episode and the huge difficulties in picking out these rare but potentially devastating cases and this month we've got a fantastic ...

1 Des 202333min

Blood gases are really commonly used in ED, Critical Care, Respiratory Medicine and Prehospitally. In fact, you'd do well to walk 10 meters in an ED without being given one to sign off! But it's for g...

15 Nov 202355min