ER Triage Secrets: Saving Limbs and Lives in Diabetic Foot Emergencies
This episode traces how battlefield triage shaped modern emergency medicine and applies those principles to diabetic foot care in the ER. Dr. G explains time-sensitive threats — sepsis, necrotizing in...
4 Feb 35min
When Patients Give Up: Learned Helplessness and Diabetic Foot Care
This episode explains how learned helplessness develops in patients with diabetic foot ulcers, the classic experiments and brain changes behind it, and how healthcare systems can unintentionally creat...
3 Feb 39min
When Metabolism Fails the Foot: Insulin Resistance, Hypertension & Non‑Healing Ulcers
In this episode of Diabetic Foot Files Dr. G traces diabetic foot ulcers upstream to metabolic causes: insulin resistance and chronic hyperinsulinemia drive sodium retention, sympathetic overactivity,...
1 Feb 18min
Iodine Isn't the Enemy: Debunking the Cytotoxic Myth
This episode explains where the belief that iodine is "cytotoxic" came from, contrasting old in vitro lab studies with real-world wound biology. It outlines how povidone‑iodine (a slow‑release formula...
1 Feb 20min
Myiasis Explained: How Flies Target Wounds and How to Prevent Infestation
This episode explains myiasis (maggot infestation of wounds): how and why flies lay eggs in wounds, the lifecycle from egg to adult fly, risk factors (especially in diabetes), clinical signs, complica...
30 Jan 28min
When Skin Sends SOS: Understanding the Kennedy Terminal Ulcer
This episode explains the Kennedy terminal ulcer: a sudden, rapidly progressing sacral wound often seen near end of life, and how it overlaps with pressure injury and skin failure concepts. Dr. G disc...
28 Jan 20min
Felt Padding 101: The Low-Tech Offload That Heals Diabetic Foot Ulcers
In this practical episode Dr. G shows how felt padding — an adhesive-backed wool or synthetic material cut to create a pressure "donut" — can redistribute plantar pressure and promote healing of diabe...
28 Jan 13min
Fusidic Acid — The Quiet Staph Assassin
In this episode Dr. G explores fusidic acid — an antibiotic isolated from the Fusidium fungus — its unique mechanism blocking elongation factor G, and why it became a powerful tool against Staphylococ...
26 Jan 19min
