Episode 893: Home Treatments for Button Battery Ingestion
Contributor: Aaron Lessen MD Educational Pearls: Button batteries cause alkaline corrosion and erosion of the esophagus when swallowed Children swallow button batteries, which create a medical eme...
4 Mar 20242min
Episode 892: Tourniquets
Contributor: Ricky Dhaliwal, MD Educational Pearls: What can you do to control bleeding in a penetrating wound? Apply direct pinpoint pressure on the wound as well as proximal to the wound. Build ...
27 Feb 20245min
Pharmacy Phriday #11: Riddles, Medical Jargon, NNT, and Time Travel
Contributors: Kali Olson PharmD, Travis Barlock MD, Jeffrey Olson MS2 Summary: In this episode of Pharmacy Phriday, Dr. Kali Olson joins Dr. Travis Barlock and Jeffrey Olson in studio to discuss a var...
23 Feb 202443min
Episode 891: Hypothermia
Contributor: Taylor Lynch MD Educational Pearls Hypothermia is defined as a core body temperature less than 35 degrees Celsius or less than 95 degrees Fahrenheit Mild Hypothermia: 32-35 degrees C...
19 Feb 20244min
Podcast 890: Outdoor Cold Air for Croup
Contributor: Jared Scott MD Educational Pearls: Croup is a respiratory condition typically caused by a viral infection (e.g., parainfluenza). The disease is characterized by inflammation of the lary...
14 Feb 20244min
Podcast 889: Blood Pressure Cuff Size
Contributor: Aaron Lessen MD Educational Pearls: Does the size of a blood pressure (BP) cuff matter? A recent randomized crossover trial revealed that, indeed, cuff size can affect blood pressure read...
5 Feb 20241min
Podcast 888: Low GCS and Intubation
Contributor: Aaron Lessen MD Educational Pearls: Is the adage, "GCS of 8, you've got to intubate" accurate? A recent study published in the November 2023 issue of JAMA attempted to answer this questio...
29 Jan 20242min
Podcast 887: Family Presence in Cardiac Resuscitation
Contributor: Aaron Lessen MD Educational Pearls: A 2013 study randomized families of those in cardiac arrest into two groups: Actively offered patients' families the opportunity to observe CPR ...
22 Jan 20242min
