Knowledge for emergency medicine and anaesthesia

Articles on resuscitation, airway, circulation, paediatric emergencies and emergency drugs – reviewed by a physician.

Neurological emergencies

Status epilepticus in adults and children: benzodiazepines and escalation stages

In status epilepticus, time and dosing determine treatment success: the longer the seizure lasts, the less effective benzodiazepines become. This article summarises the stepwise treatment for adults and children, from routes of administration without vascular access through second-line therapy to general anaesthesia.

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Neurological emergencies

Prehospital Stroke: Recognition, Time Window and Triage to the Stroke Unit

In acute stroke, the prehospital phase determines whether thrombolysis and thrombectomy are possible at all: recognition, time of symptom onset and destination hospital are established on scene. This article summarises the prehospital steps, from the screening score to the structured pre-alert.

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