The wonder drug strychnine One of the most significant changes to prehospital practice in the last few decades has been the introduction of drug therapies. Such medicines have of course been an integral part of established medicine for hundreds of […]
Continue ReadingHysterical fits (hysteria) One of my aside interests is to trawl through very old medical and first aid texts to see what doctors and prehospital responders ‘used to do way back when’. This little gem comes straight from the 1908 edition […]
Continue Reading5. Technology & mechanical assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation – May 2015 Resuscitation of the patient in cardiac arrest is at the very core of all emergency clinical guidelines and first aid courses. There is no question that over the years there […]
Continue Reading4. Circulation drugs for pre-hospital emergencies – May 2015 What is an emergency responder without tools of the trade with which to render assistance? And when it comes to tools of the modern trade, what better than emergency drugs. And […]
Continue Reading3. The last offices – April 2015 One down side of pre-hospital work is that there will invariably be some contact with deceased persons at times. Sometimes resuscitation efforts will have been applied first. At others it will simply be […]
Continue ReadingAsthma and divine stramonium – April 2015 Any nurse or paramedic student will be able to explain in detail the three key elements of asthma and the role of various medications used to prevent or to relieve episodes. Like all […]
Continue Reading1. Resuscitating the drowning victim – April 2015 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation has come a long way. Paramedic discussions in the training room these days focus on fine details such as how to reduce hands off compressions times by a few seconds and how to […]
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