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- Published on: 13 January 2014
- Published on: 25 November 2013
- Published on: 13 January 2014PALM consensus statement: estimation of population incidence using an island model.Show More
We read with interest the PALM consensus statement (1). This is an airway rescue technique for comatose hypoxaemic patients in the pre- hospital environment. The PALM procedure could also apply to the general practitioner (GP) run community hospital environment since the facilities of a metropolitan hospital, specifically rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia (RSI), are not available.
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None declared. - Published on: 25 November 2013PALM: A fringe benefit for a wider group of patientsShow More
It is a pity that the Royal College of Anaesthetists felt unable to support the recent Faculty of Prehospital Care consensus statement on pharmacologically-assisted laryngeal mask insertion (PALM) [1]. PALM was only ever intended to be used as an emergency rescue technique in patients with a lowered level of consciousness (GCS <8-9 or AVPU P or U) AND an SpO2 reading of 92%-or-less. This despite best efforts to reverse...
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