Podcast 546: Complete Heart Block
Author: Jared Scott, MD Educational Pearls: Differentiating symptomatic bradycardia from asymptomatic may be essential in determining workup and treatment Airway, breath, circulation always hold true...
3 Mar 20203min
Podcast 545: So You Quit Smoking… Now What?
Author: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: New data shows within 5 years of smoking cessation, the risk of cardiovascular disease becomes half of those who continue to smoke After 10-15 years of c...
2 Mar 20201min
UnfilterED #5: Dr. Lisa Zwerdlinger
Recorded remotely in the highest hospital in the world, Nick sits down to talk with Dr. Lisa Zwerdlinger, a small-town physician who's worn many different hats both in the hospital and her community. ...
26 Feb 202033min
Podcast 544: C is for Sepsis
Author: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Previously, trials had shown promising evidence that vitamin C may improve mortality rates in patients with sepsis or septic shock. A 2017 retrospective...
25 Feb 20202min
Podcast 543: Scoring Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injury
Author: Nick Tsipis, MD Educational Pearls: Aortic injury caused by blunt trauma is very rare Chest x-ray findings might include widening of the mediastinum Ligamentum arteriosum (remnant of the duct...
24 Feb 20203min
Mental Health Monthly #2: Non-Epileptic Seizures (NES)
Non Epileptic Seizures (NES) is perhaps one of the most misunderstood and overlooked disorders that emergency medicine professionals encounter. Dr. Randi Libbon & Dr. Laura Strom, both experts on NES,...
19 Feb 202011min
Podcast 542: Nasogastric Tubes
Author: Don Stader, MD Educational Pearls: Nasogastric tubes (NGT) are very uncomfortable for all those involved but some simple tricks and tips may help: Topical lidocaine can be inserted into the n...
18 Feb 20204min
Podcast 541: Needle Thoracostomy
Author: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Traditional technique of needle thoracostomy for tension penumothorax is along the 2nd intercostal space at the midclavicular line Inserting a large angio...
17 Feb 20203min
