Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
-
Emerg Med Australas · Dec 2015
Randomised control trial of humidified high flow nasal cannulae versus standard oxygen in the emergency department.
The aim of the study was to determine if oxygen delivered through humidified high flow nasal cannulae (HHFNC) reduced the need for escalation in ventilation management and work of breathing in the ED patients presenting with acute undifferentiated shortness of breath compared with standard oxygen therapy. ⋯ The use of high flow nasal cannula oxygenation was associated with improved respiratory state in selected patients presenting to the ED with acute undifferentiated shortness of breath.
-
Emerg Med Australas · Dec 2015
Effects of alternating hands during in-hospital one-handed chest compression: A randomised cross-over manikin trial.
We evaluated the decrease in chest compression depth during continuous one-handed chest compression (OHCC) in an in-hospital paediatric arrest setting, and whether switching hands could delay the decrease in chest compression depth. ⋯ Chest compression depth decreased significantly when continuous OHCC was performed without switching hands. Alternating hands every 30 s can delay the decrease in MCD and maintain deeper MCD for longer.
-
Emerg Med Australas · Dec 2015
Adolescent presentations with alcohol intoxication to the emergency department at Joondalup Health Campus in 2013.
To document the number of adolescents aged 16 years and under presenting to the ED at Joondalup Health Campus (JHC) with problems related primarily to alcohol intoxication, and document information about these presentations. ⋯ Adolescents requiring review in an ED for alcohol intoxication are most often brought in by ambulance or police in the late evening or early morning. They are most likely to have high BALs and a significant proportion will have a GCS <14.