Here are the papers that caught our eye over the last month, many of these will go onto form the topics for our monthly podcasts and topics which you can subscribe to here

Anaesthesia

Fentanyl versus placebo with ketamine and rocuronium for patients undergoing rapid sequence intubation in the emergency department: the FAKT study – a randomized clinical trial. Ian Ferguson. Acad Emerg Med. 2022

Cardiac Arrest

Chest compression fraction calculation: A new, automated, robust method to identify periods of chest compressions from defibrillator data – Tested in Zoll X Series. Simon Orlob. Resuscitation. 2022

PHEM

A 6-year case series of resuscitative thoracotomies performed by a helicopter emergency medical service in a mixed urban and rural area with a comparison of blunt versus penetrating trauma. Phillip Almond. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2022 

Assessing spinal movement during four extrication methods: a biomechanical study using healthy volunteers. Tim Nutbeam. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2022

We look forward to bringing you some of these papers in future podcasts, if there’s anything in particular you’d like to hear then leave a comment at the bottom of the page