Identifying a patient with sepsis in prehospital care
How to identify a patient with sepsis in prehospital care? What should the emergency medical services pay special attention to?
How to identify a patient with sepsis in prehospital care? What should the emergency medical services pay special attention to?
How is stroke and myocardial infarction diagnosed and treated by the emergency medical services in Germany?
What is the role of recruitment maneuvers and high positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP; “open lung strategy”) during mechanical ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome?
A patient with suspected stroke transported by the emergency medical services is expected to have high blood pressure. What is the threshold value that warrants attempts to lower blood pressure by the ambulance crew?
What is the optimal lung-protective ventilation strategy in 2017?
Should nitroglycerin still be used by the emergency medical services in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome?
Is it safe to use adenosine in prehospital care for the treatment of regular supraventricular or ventricular tachycardia?
Emergency medical dispatchers play a crucial role in the initial management of stroke and myocardial infarction (MI). What should they focus on when responding to a call about a patient with suspected stroke or MI?
Is the obligatory placement of automated external defibrillators in public areas likely to improve survival rates in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?