Retraction: Bilateral Compartment Syndrome Affecting the Upper Limbs in a Patient With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia.

[This retracts the article DOI: 10.7759/cureus.74104.

Bilateral Compartment Syndrome Affecting the Upper Limbs in a Patient With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia.

A 70-year-old male patient who had recently been recently diagnosed with chromic myeloid leukemia (CML) presented to the emergency department with bilateral upper limb pain and swelling. Examination of his upper limbs revealed features suggestive of compartment syndrome. Blood investigations demonstrated anaemia, rhabdomyolysis and renal function impairment.

Implementation of a point-of-care ultrasound archiving system and governance framework in a UK physician-paramedic staffed helicopter emergency medical service.

Introduction: There has been a rapid expansion in the use of point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) by emergency medical services (EMS). However, less than a third of UK EMS utilise imaging archiving for POCUS, and fewer review saved images as part of a clinical governance structure. This paper describes the implementation of a novel image archiving system and a robust clinical governance framework in our UK physician-paramedic staffed helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS).

Prehospital invasive arterial blood pressure monitoring in critically ill patients attended by a UK helicopter emergency medical service- a retrospective observational review of practice.

Background: Accurate haemodynamic monitoring in the prehospital setting is essential. Non-invasive blood pressure measurement is susceptible to vibration and motion artefact, especially at extremes of hypotension and hypertension: invasive arterial blood pressure (IABP) monitoring is a potential solution. This study describes the largest series to date of cases of IABP monitoring being initiated prehospital.

Nine golden codes: improving the accuracy of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) dispatch-a retrospective, multi-organisational study in the East of England.

Background: Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) are a limited and expensive resource, and should be intelligently tasked. HEMS dispatch was identified as a key research priority in 2011, with a call to identify a 'general set of criteria with the highest discriminating potential'. However, there have been no published data analyses in the past decade that specifically address this priority, and this priority has been reaffirmed in 2023.

A National Survey of Prehospital Care Services of United Kingdom for Use, Governance and Perception of Prehospital Point of Care Ultrasound.

Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) has become a common practice in prehospital care over the last 10 years. There is lack of literature on its use and governance structure in United Kingdom (UK) prehospital care services. We aimed to survey the use, governance of prehospital POCUS among UK prehospital services and perceptions of clinicians and services regarding its utility and barriers to its implementation.

Venous thromboembolism risk following temporary immobilisation after injury: evaluation of the Aberdeen VTE risk tool.

Background: Temporary lower limb immobilisation following injury is a risk factor for symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE). Pharmacological thromboprophylaxis can mitigate this risk but it is unclear which patients benefit from this intervention. The Aberdeen VTE risk tool was developed to tailor thromboprophylaxis decisions in these patients and this evaluation aimed to describe its performance in clinical practice.

An easily missed cause for low GCS in a Scottish Intensive Care Unit.

A case report of a 36-year-old patient who presented with seizures, a large thyroid and decreased consciousness level requiring admission to the intensive care unit, where the final diagnosis had a prevalence of 2.1/100,000 and a female to male ratio of 4:1. The final diagnosis was suggested early by a focussed internet search.

The Lazarus phenomenon: spontaneous cardioversion after termination of resuscitation in a Scottish hospital.

A 66-year-old man suffered a ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest after an episode of chest pain. Despite advanced life support, his condition deteriorated; the situation was considered irrecoverable and resuscitation was discontinued. The patient was observed for about 5 min with irregular agonal gasping respirations evident but no palpable pulse.