Asthma; Roadside to Resus Part 2

This is the second part of the Roadside to Resus discussion on asthma. Make sure you’ve listened to part 1 before delving into this one!

Part 2 covers

• Ketamine
• Ultrasound in asthma
• NIV in asthma
• Asthma related cardiac arrest
• • Imaging
  • Management
• Discharge

We hope you enjoy the episode and would love to hear your feedback!

Simon, Rob & James

References & Further Reading

BTS Asthma Guidelines 2016

Intravenous or nebulised magnesium sulphate versus standard therapy for severe acute asthma (3Mg trial): a double-blind, randomised controlled trial. Goodacre S. Lancet Respir Med. 2013 

Detection of pneumothoraces in patients with multiple blunt trauma: use and limitations of eFAST. Sauter TC. Emerg Med J. 2017

Chest wall thickness and decompression failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing anatomic locations in needle thoracostomy. Laan DV. Injury. 2016

TheResusRoom; Needle Thoracostomy podcast

TheResusRoom; BTS Asthma Guidelines 2016 podcast

LITFL; Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and asthma

Intensiveblog; Asthma mechanical Ventilation Pitfalls

BestBets; In a severe Exacerbation of asthma can Ketamine be used to avoid the need for mechanical ventilation in adults?