Medication incompatibility with Hartmann’s solution
The Intravenous fluids page has been updated to include additional information about incompatibility of various medications with Hartmann’s solution.
Resuscitation
Ventricular pause ECG
An ECG demonstrating some ventricular pauses has been added to the Bradycardias page.
Bichamber pacing ECG
An ECG of bichamber paced rhythm has been added to the Pacemakers page to replace a similar image of lower quality.
Atrial paced rhythm ECG
An ECG of atrial paced rhythm has been added to the Pacemakers page. This replaces an ECG that was labelled as showing mostly atrial pacing then some bi-chamber pacing, however only actually showed bichamber pacing.
Capture beat – correction
The Ventricular arrhythmias page has been updated with a correction of the explanation of a capture beat. The statement ‘occurs when an SVT conducts in a normal fashion’ has been replaced with ‘occurs when a sinus or atrial impulse conducts through the AV node in a normal fashion between wide QRS complexes because the ventricle … Read more
CHB with ventricular standstill ECG
An ECG of CHB with ventricular standstill has been added to the Bradycardias page.
Cushing’s ulcer not Curling’s
The Assessment of intracranial pressure page has been updated and the ulcer caused by increased ICP now correctly renamed as a Cushing’s ulcer, instead of a Curling’s ulcer as previously described. Thanks Simon for picking this up.
Longitudinal femoral nerve block approach
The Regional anaesthesia page has been updated with information about the longitudinal approach to US guided femoral nerve/fascia iliaca block.
Ropivacaine concentrations
The Local anaesthesia page has been updated with some additional information about ropivacaine concentrations and dosing.
Ice for local anaesthesia injection
The Local anaesthesia page has been updated with information about the use of ice to reduce the pain of injection.
MAC image
The Central venous access page has been updated with an image of a MAC line.
Multiple access catheters
The Central venous access page has been updated with a new segment on multiple access catheters.
Intravenous cannulae
The Intravenous cannulae page has been updated, including additional information about rapid infusion catheters and reformatting of the Properties of intravenous catheters table and updating the expected flow rates through various intravenous catheters.
Air embolism
The Peripheral intravenous access page has been updated, including the addition of risk factors for air embolism.
Endotracheal tube size
The Intubation equipment page has been updated with additional information about endotracheal tube sizes in adults.
IJ central venous access
The Central venous access technique page has been updated with a couple of additional advantages of the internal jugular approach.
Subclavian central venous access
The Central venous access technique page has been updated with a couple of additional advantages to the subclavian approach.
Antibacterial CVCs
The Central venous access page has been updated with additional information about antibacterial coated CVCs.
Intra-atrial block
A short segment about intra-atrial heart block has been added to the Bradycardias page, including links to and from the segment on p mitrale on The ECG and abnormal cardiac chambers page, with which it very significantly overlaps
Awareness during anaesthesia
The Anaesthetic risk page has been updated with a new segment on awareness during anaesthesia.