Podcast 502: EMS Psych Clearance
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: Patients with psychiatric complaints are often complicated to disposition from the main ED, and many will require inpatient psychiatric stays Some he...
20 Sep 20192min
Podcast # 501: Take Down Potions
Author: Jared Scott, MD Educational Pearls: Study from Hennepin County EM studied the efficacy of different drugs for agitation, which included 737 patients Most patients in this study were male and ...
16 Sep 20193min
Colorado MAT Part 4: Buprenorphine in the Emergency Department
Treatment with buprenorphine is easier, less time consuming and far more effective for management of opioid withdrawal and OUD than standard care with clonidine, IVF, haldol and other symptomatic ther...
26 Aug 20191h 5min
Colorado MAT Part 2: Medication Assisted Treatment
Medication Assisted Treatment or (Medication for Addiction Treatment) is an important frontier in ED care of patients with Opioid Use Disorder. Naltrexone, methadone and buprenorphine are the medicati...
26 Aug 201928min
Colorado MAT Part 1: Understanding Addiction & Opioid Use Disorder
Addiction is widely misunderstood by the public and by many healthcare providers. It is not taught in most medical schools. Combating the opioid epidemic will require providers to understand Opioid U...
26 Aug 201939min
Podcast #500: 2018-19 Rapid Fire EM Literature Review
Author: Dave Saintsing Educational Pearls: Poor sleep is an independent risk factor for development of health problems such as type 2 diabetes. A 2019 study, randomized participants to 3 groups: 9 h...
24 Aug 201914min
Podcast #499: Posterior Circulation Ischemia
Podcast # 499: Posterior Circulation Strokes Contributor: Neal O'Connor, MD Educational Pearls: Dizziness is a very common complaint in the emergency department, but how can we find patients with a d...
22 Aug 201912min
