Prehospital Care: An International Comparison of Independently Developed Training Courses.

Objective: Prehospital and retrieval medicine (PHRM) occurs in a complex work environment. Appropriate training is essential to ensure high standards of clinical care and logistic decision making. Before commencing the role, PHRM doctors have varying levels of experience.

The revised Approved Instructional Resources score: An improved quality evaluation tool for online educational resources.

Background: Free Open-Access Medical education (FOAM) use among residents continues to rise. However, it often lacks quality assurance processes and residents receive little guidance on quality assessment. The Academic Life in Emergency Medicine Approved Instructional Resources tool (AAT) was created for FOAM appraisal by and for expert educators and has demonstrated validity in this context.

[Anaphylaxis in children and adults].

In this review, we discuss anaphylaxis, which is a severe allergic condition with potentially life-threatening symptoms from airways or circulation and often associated with skin symptoms. First-line treatment is intramuscular adrenaline given by autoinjector for rapid administration. Initial dose for children less than 25 kg is 0.

How to include medical students in your healthcare simulation centre workforce.

Running simulation centre activities requires a substantial amount of human resources. Here we present ideas on how medical students can be integrated into the simulation centre workforce to support the goal of delivering simulation-based education. The ideas are centred around the many different roles the students can fulfil and how this can be applied in other centres interested in integrating medical students into the workforce.

Low Incidence of Biphasic Allergic Reactions in Patients Admitted to Intensive Care after Anaphylaxis.

Background: Biphasic allergic reactions-recurrence of allergy symptoms after a symptom-free period-are reported to occur in 1 to 23% of allergic reactions. Patients admitted to an intensive care unit after anaphylaxis potentially have more severe reactions and a higher risk of biphasic allergic reactions. The purpose of this study was to examine incidence, triggers, symptoms, and treatment of biphasic allergic reactions, in patients admitted to an intensive care unit.

Impact of blood products on platelet function in patients with traumatic injuries: a translational study.

Background: Reductions in platelet (PLT) count and function are associated with poor outcomes in trauma patients. We proposed to determine if patients expected to receive blood products have a decrease in PLT function higher than expected based on the reduction in PLT count, and if the reduction in function could be associated with the donor plasma/supernatant received.

Methods: PLT count and function were measured on admission to the emergency department and intensive care unit in severely injured patients expected to receive a transfusion.

Intraosseous access can be taught to medical students using the four-step approach.

Background: The intraosseous (IO) access is an alternative route for vascular access when peripheral intravascular catheterization cannot be obtained. In Denmark the IO access is reported as infrequently trained and used. The aim of this pilot study was to investigate if medical students can obtain competencies in IO access when taught by a modified Walker and Peyton's four-step approach.

[A three-day course can increase knowledge and interest in disaster medicine for medical students].

The incidence of disasters increases and the need for physicians with an interest in disaster medicine is essential. As an early introduction of disaster medicine, medical students from Denmark, members of the Students' Society for Anesthesiology and Traumatology, participated on a three-day course, Trauma Days 2013, with full-scale simulations. The students underwent debriefings and questionnaires were handed out.

[A three-day course can increase knowledge and interest in disaster medicine for medical students].

The incidence of disasters increases and the need for physicians with an interest in disaster medicine is essential. As an early introduction of disaster medicine, medical students from Denmark, members of the Students' Society for Anesthesiology and Traumatology, participated on a three-day course, Trauma Days 2013, with full-scale simulations. The students underwent debriefings and questionnaires were handed out.