long-term mechanical circulatory support is a life-saving technology while briding to heart transplantation. it increases the quality of life and preserves end-organ function for patients with  advanced heart failure. the number of patients with advanced heart failure scheduled for heart transplantation before comorbidities escalate is on the rise. however, the device function is complicated by...

Introduction The initial evaluation and treatment of the paediatric trauma patient require an organised, thorough approach. All patients must be assumed to have multiple injuries until proven otherwise. Resuscitation efforts should be early and aggressive to avoid the onset of irreversible shock;2,3 the ability to recognise and effectively treat shock is all that is required in the vast majorit...

INTRODUCTION Cardiac arrest is a common emergency in acute hospitals. The Resuscitation Council (UK) Advanced Life Support Guidelines provide a systematic approach to cardiac arrest recognition, treatment and aftercare. This review provides an update on the current treatment guidelines and identifies areas where these may be strengthened. METHODS The evidence informing the 2005 Resuscitation ...

and its publication Guidelines for essential Trauma Care, has addressed the need and value of early coordinated, standardized care of the trauma patient2. Both stress the ABC’s, and primary/secondary survey. Tension pneumothorax, cardiac tamponade, and massive hemothorax warrant an early response in the primary survey. This requires ready availability of chest tube thoracostomy, subxyphid peric...

Podsiadło, Paweł, Tomasz Darocha, Sylweriusz Kosiński, Kinga Sałapa, Mirosław Ziętkiewicz, Tomasz Sanak, Rachel Turner, and Hermann Brugger. Severe hypothermia management in mountain rescue: A survey study. High Alt Med Biol 18:411-416, 2017. INTRODUCTION Severe hypothermia is a rare but demanding medical emergency. Although mortality is high, if well managed, the neurological outcome of surv...

In this study we analyzed how IT support can be established for the treatment and documentation of advanced life support (ALS) in a hospital. In close collaboration with clinical researchers, a running prototype of an IT solution to support the clinical decisions in ALS was developed and tried out in a full scale simulation environment. We have named this IT solution the CardioData Prototype.

INTRODUCTION In the course of their undergraduate training at the International Medical University, students receive a Basic Trauma Life Support course. OBJECTIVE We wanted to test the long-term retention of knowledge (after 16 months) of third year medical students who had received training in Basic Trauma Life Support Method: To assess the retention of knowledge one cohort of students who r...

BACKGROUND Establishing a definitive airway, defined as a tube placed in the trachea with cuff inflated below the vocal cords, is standard of care in pre-hospital airway management of the trauma patient. However, in this setting, and using manual in-line stabilisation of the neck, success rate of intubation by inexperience providers is suboptimal. The use of supraglottic airway devices that all...