This month we cover a paper looking at the role of early craniectomy for raised intracranial pressure, the outcomes associated with advanced airway managements in prehospital cardiac arrest and lastly at the utility on ETCO2 and consider if it's application decreases adverse respiratory events.

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References and Links

Trial of Decompressive Craniectomy for Traumatic Intracranial Hypertension. Hutchinson PJ, N Engl J Med. 2016 Sep

Capnography for procedural sedation in the ED: a systematic review. Dewdney C, Emerg Med J. 2016 

The role of prehospital advanced airway management on outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients: a meta-analysis. Jeong S. Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Jul

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