Position Paper – 10 Essential Core Capabilities for Prolonged Field Care
This post has been a long time coming. This is where it began and may be the most important tool we have to offer. This is the 10 Capabilities Position Paper revisited with the grid made easily available. If you have read the position…
FOAMed, SMACC and PFC
I hate not knowing an acronym. In my line of work acronyms are language and the ignorance of one normally results in the ignorance of entire programs or departments. FOAMed is Free Open Access Meducation a term growing in popularity mostly in part due…
Analgesia and Sedation
One of the original papers written in Feb of 2014 remains extremely pertinent and one that I have gone back to reference time and time again. Download it now or read it in it’s entirety PFC WG analgesia and sedation comments (Feb, 14)
What is a Cuff Manometer and should we be using it?
During a break from the lectures at the last SOMSA one of the first issues identified was the lack of knowledge of PEEP and the absence of PEEP valves on BVMs. Within a few weeks the paper Why we need PEEP valves on BVMs was written,…