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by Crystal Smith
Ventilation and Compressions Ratios in Paediatric Resuscitation
2020 ILCOR guidelines emphasise the importance of higher ventilations in paediatric resuscitation. This reflects the higher oxygen requirements of children which is evident in their higher baseline respiratory rate.
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Preoperative Assessment and Mallampati Scores
The Mallampati Score or Classification is a simple and easy to use tool that assists in predicting difficult endotracheal intubation.
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Adult Basic Life Support during COVID-19
Many healthcare processes have been re-evaluated in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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Paediatric Advanced Life Support Standards
In order to achieve these standards, it is essential that medical and nursing staff who work with paediatric patients receive specialised education to manage a paediatric cardiopulmonary arrest.
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Stop Before You Block: A Block Time-Out
The Stop Before You Block (SB4YB) initiative is a patient safety campaign designed to help reduce the risk of inadvertent wrong-sided anaesthetic blocks.
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Medication Spotlight: Paracetamol
A frequently used medication in community and hospital settings is paracetamol (named acetaminophen in some countries). It has less adverse effects than other analgesics, as it has no effect on platelet functioning and allergies are very rare.
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Oropharyngeal Airways in Paediatric Patients
Oropharyngeal airways (OPAs) have some additional considerations when utilising in paediatric patients, to ensure safe use in children.
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Pre-hospital Management of Drowning Events
As summer approaches, drowning events across Australia will be more prevalent. Healthcare professionals can assist in the community during these stressful emergencies, and use their skills to help manage drowning events.
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Australia: Why are we the allergy capital of the world?
The increasing rates of food allergies has been alarming over the past 30 years in Western countries. So, is there a genuine rise in allergies, or just better awareness?
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Resuscitation trolley checking: Making it a priority
Who checks the resuscitation or emergency trolley in your workplace? It’s easy to find guidelines about what items to include on the trolley, depending on your clinical environment. What’s not as easy is how to ensure that staff prioritise completing the checks, especially when you consider the ever-expanding lists of tasks that must be performed.
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