Podcast 610: Swimmers Itch
Contributor: John Winkler, MD Educational Pearls: Swimmers itch is due to a flatworm parasitic infection that causes an itchy rash after the worm burrows into the skin The flatworm is passed between ...
3 Nov 20203min
Podcast 609: Kratom
Contributor: Nick Hatch, MD Educational Pearls: Kratom is derived from the evergreen tree sharing the same name, found in Southeast Asia Kratom is legal is most regions Adverse effects of this substa...
2 Nov 20204min
Podcast 608: Another Elevated Lactate?
Contributor: Jared Scott, MD Educational Pearls: Lactate is a byproduct of anaerobic metabolism or tissue hypoperfusion Though typically associated with severe sepsis, hyperlactatemia can be caused b...
27 Okt 20205min
Podcast 607: Is Pain the Enemy?
Contributor: Don Stader, MD Educational Pearls: Pain is ubiquitous in the emergency department but it is not the enemy - suffering is Nociception is the ability to feel noxious stimuli which usually ...
26 Okt 20205min
Podcast 606: The Oxygen Wars
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: The use of oxygen is controversial when treating patients with certain conditions, like MI's, stokes, or ARDS because adverse outcomes have been demo...
20 Okt 20203min
Podcast 605: Acute Limb Ischemia
Contributor: Peter Bakes, MD Educational Pearls: Classically presents with the 6Ps: Pain, pallor, paresthesia, pulseless, poikilothermia (cold), and paralysis Acute limb ischemia occurs by embolic or...
19 Okt 20205min
On the Streets #9: Advanced Applications of Capnography
Capnography is the measurement of the partial pressure of exhaled CO2 and is an indirect measurement of your cellular respiration. It is displayed visually as a block-like waveform during the exhalati...
14 Okt 20201h 11min
