A pulmonologist is sued after responding to a call from ICU staff to prevent airway collapse in a patient who was ultimately ...

2 Consultant Specialist, Australian Patient Safety Foundation; Visiting Research Fellow, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 3 Professor and Head, ...

Max McKenzie, a much-loved 15-year-old boy, died in hospital 13 days after suffering a severe brain injury during an anaphylactic reaction in August 2021. The Coroners’ Court heard on Wednesday that ...

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As emergency medicine has emerged as a distinct medical discipline, there has been a shift in responsibility for a key task in emergency departments: managing emergency airways to help patients get ...

This case report describes the emergency use of a novel, single-use, anatomically shaped laryngoscope that has recently become commercially available in the UK (Airtraq, Prodol Meditec, Spain). It was ...

Earlier this year, I cared for a critically ill patient in the emergency department. He was essentially unconscious. He needed intensive care, which we initiated. He needed a breathing tube -- that is ...

In a place where a hike can turn into a helicopter ride and a snowmachine crash might be hours from the nearest ER, Alaskans rely on sharp, steady hands in an emergency. At the fourth annual Alaska ...

The parents of a 2-year-old girl "looked on helplessly" as their 2-year-old child perished at Georgia hospital after being bitten by ants, according to a lawsuit the family has filed over the girl's ...