On the Streets #13: Pre-hospital Cardiology Concepts

Contributor; Taylor Lynch, MD Educational Pearls: Thoracotomy  Thoracotomy is used in traumatic cardiac arrest to replace conventional CPR with direct access to the chest. Goals include identif...

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Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls:    Agitated patients who are intoxicated with methamphetamine pose a unique challenge when selecting a sedative to counter their symptoms. Is there ...

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Contributor: Meghan Hurley, MD Educational Pearls: What animal is the most lethal to humans?  Depending on how we define lethal, and animal, this answer is actually not straight forward.  Globall...

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Contributor: Travis Barlock, MD Educational Pearls:   First-pass success is critical to limit complications from apnea, hypoxia, and airway trauma.  Complication rate for patients intubated on the f...

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Dan Orbidan, OMS-II and Dr. Travis Barlock, MD discuss a real out of hospital call. This episode covers the implications of a pharmacologically abnormal patient presentation and the pre and post hospi...

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Carepoint Journal Club is a quarterly series with discussions about a medical topic, brought to you by Carepoint's Emergency Physicians.

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Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls:   UTIs are commonly seen in older women We often see them taking long-term prophylactic antibiotics because of common recurrence. Around 20-30% of...

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Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls:  Back pain is a common presenting complaint in the emergency department. Challenges arise when tailoring care to elderly populations using standar...

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