Thanks to Prof Anne-Maree Kelly – we reviewed these articles this week:
Caputo_et_al-2017-Academic_Emergency_MedicineTake home points:
- critically unwell patients in whom desaturation was particularly critical were not included
- not statistically powered to detected clinically significant desaturations
- apnoeic oxygenation has minimal harm – and its introduction likely has had intangible effects on our practice in terms of adherence to checklists
shoulder dislocation
Take home points
- a well designed study with patient centred outcomes
- some methodology issues in that pain rating was surveyed after the intervention
- your armamentarium for shoulder reduction should include at least one non sedation technique, and using a patient centred self-reduction technique allows the patient control over their medical experience