Podcast 821: EKGs in Syncope
Contributor: Travis Barlock, MD Educational Pearls: An EKG should be obtained quickly after a syncopal event to identify possible life-threatening causes such as ischemia and arrhythmia WOBBLER is a...
17 Okt 20224min
Podcast 820: Who Qualifies for Take-Home Naloxone
Contributor: Don Stader, MD Educational Pearls: Home naloxone is traditionally given to those at high risk for opioid overdose such as those in the ED due to an opioid overdose, opioid intoxication, ...
11 Okt 20224min
Podcast 819: Indiscriminate Lactate Testing
Contributor: Jared Scott, MD Educational Pearls: Elevated lactate levels can be a useful indicator of critical illness in patients who meet SIRS criteria Lactate can also be elevated due to ot...
10 Okt 20225min
Podcast 818: Local Anesthetics and LAST
Contributor: Don Stader, MD Educational Pearls: There are two major groups of local anesthetics: Amide and Esther To recall what group an anesthetic belongs to, use this memory trick: Amide has...
4 Okt 20226min
Podcast 817: MI Risk during Elections
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: 2020 retrospective study with dat from two California hospitals compared rates of cardiovascular admissions in a five day period two weeks before and...
3 Okt 20222min
Podcast 816: Ventilator Management in Asthmatics
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: The management of severe asthma or COPD exacerbation is complex, especially when the patient requires intubation/ventilation Asthma is an obstructive...
27 Sep 20224min
Podcast 815: Fluid Resuscitation in Pancreatitis
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Historically, pancreatitis has been treated with aggressive IV fluid rehydration. Recently published data shows this may not be appropriate. A random...
26 Sep 20223min
Podcast 814: Post-concussion Treatment
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Recent study looked at the impact of screen time on duration of post-concussive symptoms 125 patients aged 12-25 diagnosed with a concussion were ran...
19 Sep 20222min
