đź•– Reading Time, 4 minutes The emergency evacuation of Japan Airline flight 516 January, 2024 (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67865132) after it caught fire from a collision with another aircraft during landing is a representative example of an unplanned evacuation. They occur with little …
đź•– Reading Time, 6 minutes There has been recent discussion about the rarity of significant complications from nasopharyngeal airway (NPA) placement. Many chalk the cases of inadvertent intracranial placement as essentially “something that never happens.” We were asked by a …
đź•– Reading Time, 7 minutes The ability of a nasal pharyngeal airway (NPA) to maintain a patent airway is dependent on both the NPA’s internal diameter and length. Proper placement of a nasal pharyngeal airway ideally involves the tip of …
…many different ways to manage these wounds, this is one technique using a Foley Catheter (designed for urine drainage) to tamponade bleeding. It is best studied in neck wounds. This…
đź•– Reading Time, 7 minutes In support of our daughter’s experience at a local Girl Scout camp, we agreed to help rewrite the curriculum for their “Rainbow Progression” program of outdoor skills to ensure kids can be prepared. The program …
BLUF: The Dial-A-Flow IV regulating device is a cheap, lightweight, and easy option for administering IV infusions when traditional IV pumps aren’t available. Although it’s accuracy to deliver the exact volume of IV fluid desired can be + / – …