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.

Airway

Difficult Airway Society guidelines for awake tracheal intubation (ATI) in adults. Ahmad I. Anaesthesia. 2019

Advanced airway management success rates in a national cohort of emergency medical services agencies. Nwanne T. Resuscitation. 2019

Cardiac Arrest

CaRdiac Arrest Survival Score (CRASS) – A tool to predict good neurological outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Seewald S. Resuscitation. 2019

Neuro

Randomized Trial of Three Anticonvulsant Medications for Status Epilepticus. Kapur J. N Engl J Med. 2019

Respirtatory

Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism with d-Dimer Adjusted to Clinical Probability. Kearon C. N Engl J Med. 2019

Trauma

Right Place at the Right Time: Thoracotomies at Level I Trauma Centers Have Associated Improved Survival. Oliver JR. J Emerg Med. 2019

Other

Risk Stratification of Older Adults Who Present to the Emergency Department With Syncope: The FAINT Score. Probst MA. Ann Emerg Med. 2019

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.