Best Case Ever 43 Ruptured AAA
I caught up with Dr. Anand Swaminathan, otherwise known as EM Swami, at The Teaching Course in NYC where he told his Best Case Ever from Janus General of his heroic and collaborative attempts at savin...
26 Tammi 201611min
Episode 75 Decision Making in EM – Cognitive Debiasing, Situational Awareness & Preferred Error
While knowledge acquisition is vital to developing your clinical skills as an EM provider, using that knowledge effectively for decision making in EM requires a whole other set of skills. In this EM C...
12 Tammi 20161h 4min
Journal Jam 5 One Hour Troponin to Rule Out and In MI
Traditionally we've run at least 2 troponins 6 or 8 hours apart to help rule out MI and recently in algorithms like the HEART score we've combined clinical data with a 2 or 3 hour delta troponin to he...
22 Joulu 201545min
Episode 74 Opioid Misuse in Emergency Medicine
Pain leads to suffering. Opioid misuse leads to suffering. We strive to avoid both for our patients. On the one hand, treating pain is one of the most important things we do in emergency medicine to h...
15 Joulu 201557min
Episode 73 Emergency Management of Pediatric Seizures
Pediatric seizures are common. So common that about 5% of all children will have a seizure by the time they’re 16 years old. If any of you have been parents of a child who suddenly starts seizing, you...
1 Joulu 20151h 6min
Best Case Ever 42 Pediatric Cardiac Arrest
When was the last time you saw ventricular fibrillation in a 4 month old? Dr. Simard tells his Best Case Ever of a Pediatric Cardiac Arrest in which meticulous preparation, sticking to his guns, early...
18 Marras 201521min
Episode 72 ACLS Guidelines 2015 Post Arrest Care
Once we've achieved ROSC our job is not over. Good post-arrest care involves maintaining blood pressure and cerebral perfusion, adequate sedation, cooling and preventing hyperthermia, considering anti...
3 Marras 20151h 4min
Episode 71 ACLS Guidelines 2015 – Cardiac Arrest Controversies Part 1
A lot has changed over the years when it comes to managing the adult in cardiac arrest. As a result, survival rates after cardiac arrest have risen steadily over the last decade. With the release of t...
21 Loka 20151h 7min
