Team members

• Leon Gussow MD FACMT RDMS - University of Illinois-Chicago, Emergency Medicine Lecturer
• Steve Aks DO - Medical Toxicology Fellowship Director, Cook County Hospital, Chicago
• Timothy Erickson MD — Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology, University of Illinois - Chicago

Papers

• Baumann BM, Patterson RA, Parone DA, Jones MK, Glaspey LJ, Thompson NM, Stauss MP, Haroz R. Use and efficacy of nebulized naloxone in patients with suspected opioid intoxication. Am J Emerg Med. 2013 Jan 21. doi:pii: S0735-6757(12)00528-1. 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.10.004. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 23347721
• Lee M, Silverman SM, Hansen H, Patel VB, Manchikanti L. A comprehensive review of opioid-induced hyperalgesia. Pain Physician. 2011 Mar-Apr;14(2):145-61. Review. PubMed PMID: 21412369
• BARNES JH. CAUSE AND EFFECT IN IRUKANDJI STINGINGS. Med J Aust. 1964 Jun 13;1:897-904. PubMed PMID: 14172390

Team members

• Matt Dawson and Mike Mallin (@ultrasoundpod) from The Ultrasound Podcast
• Mike Stone (@bedsidesono) from The Ultrasound Podcast and Bedside Ultrasound
• Laleh Gharahbaghian (@sonospot) from Sonospot blog

Papers

• Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Intravenous Access Program Is Associated With a Marked Reduction in Central Venous Catheter Use in Noncritically Ill Emergency Department Patients
• Can chest ultrasonography replace standard chest radiography for evaluation of acute dyspnea in the ED?
• Use of a B-hCG Discriminatory Zone with Bedside Pelvic Ultrasonography

Team members

• Minh Le Cong (RFDS doctor, Queensland)
• Nicholas Chrimes ( Anaesthetist, Melbourne , Monash health)
• Peter Fritz ( ED physician and Retrieval Doctor, Melbourne, Monash Health)
• Amit Maini ( ED physician, Alfred Hospital , Melbourne)
• Andy Buck ( ED Physician, Melbourne and Darwin)

Papers

• Emergency surgical airway in life-threatening acute airway emergencies – why are we so reluctant to do it?
• Preoxygenation and Prevention of Desaturation During Emergency Airway Management
• The formulation and introduction of a ‘can’t intubate, can’t ventilate’ algorithm into clinical practice
• Apneic oxygenation in Man

Team members

• Pablo Aguilera, Pontificia Universidad Católica
• Sergio Alvizú, Universidad San Sebastián
• Carlos Basaure, Pontificia Universidad Católica
• Oscar Navea, Pontificia Universidad Católica
• Nicolás Pineda, Pontificia Universidad Católica

Papers

• Villanueva C, Colomo A, Bosch A, Concepción M, Hernandez-Gea V, Aracil C, Graupera I, Poca M, Alvarez-Urturi C, Gordillo J, Guarner-Argente C, Santaló M, Muñiz E, Guarner C. Transfusion strategies for acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding. N Engl J Med. 2013 Jan 3;368(1):11-21. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1211801
• Sakles JC, Chiu S, Mosier J, Walker C, Stolz U. The Importance of First Pass Success When Performing Orotracheal Intubation in the Emergency Department Academic Emergency Medicine Volume 20, Issue 1, pages 71–78, January 2013