[Prehospital stabilization of a critically ill patient with telemetric medical guidance].

We report about the prehospital treatment of an 82-year-old man with septic shock as a complication of acute pancreatitis. Initially only an advanced life support ambulance was on scene. After the primary assessment, the team decided to call for an emergency-physician-staffed helicopter.

Point-of-care testing in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a retrospective analysis of relevance and consequences.

Background: Metabolic and electrolyte imbalances are some of the reversible causes of cardiac arrest and can be diagnosed even in the pre-hospital setting with a mobile analyser for point-of-care testing (POCT).

Methods: We conducted a retrospective observational study, which included analysing all pre-hospital resuscitations in the study region between October 2015 and December 2016. A mobile POCT analyser (Alere epoc®) was available at the scene of each resuscitation.

[Idiopathic hydrocephalus in adolescence].

Background: Decompensation of chronic idiopathic hydrocephalus can occur at every age, but seems to be rather frequent in the middle of the second decade. From this observation, the question arises, whether or not in these cases a special manifestation of hydrocephalus occurs and, should the situation arise, whether this finding might influence the discussion about pathogenesis.

Methods: We give some casuistic material about six hydrocephalic patients who became symptomatic between their 12th and 16th year of life.