The Surge: Trauma. Surgery. Critical Care.

When to do a CT brain? 

Screening for Drowning and when they can be cleared for discharge? 

Antibiotics? 

#drowning #neardrowning #TBI #concussion #pediatrics #pediatricsurgery #ER #trauma #surgery #pedsemerg #emergencymedicine #criticalcare #concussion

So this was inspired by a tough day at work where a resident just genuinely didn't feel the need for documentation. 

Short Journey from Hippocrates (who probably didn't write that oath) to modern drivers of documentation and AI. 

You can blame him if it's too boring. 

#Medicalhistory #history #documentation #hippocrates #foamed #meded

What is the most common missed injury? 

Whats the most common cause of mortality? 

Why are they so hard to intubate? 

 

All of these questions and more.

#trauma #ICU #SURGERY #ER #Resuscitation #PALS #injury #criticalcare #foamed #meded #pediatrics #pediatricsurgery

Continuing on the theme from the last two episodes we're looking at how ECLS can apply in pregnant patients. 

 

 

Ever wondered what to do with a pregnant GSW? Burn? MVC? 

Risks? 

Fetal Monitoring? 

 

If it sounds overwhelming well tune in 

#foamed #obstetrics #trauma #icu #surgery #orthopedics #ER #emergencymedicine #pregnancy #neontology

How to train people? 

Should split the patient among attendings? 

How make a temporary negative pressure isolation room and ward. 

How to deal with the stress involved? 

Preplanning. 

Also don't forget to check out the emcrit podcast dedicated to covid19 airways 

#cov-19 #COVID19 #corona #isolationrooms #infectioncontrol #FOAMED #MEDED #ICU #criticalcare

Just a brief review of the literature. 

Key Questions. 

What populations?

What are the risks?

Heparin ? 

#trauma #ECMO #surgery #CRITICALcare #ICU #MEDED #FOAMED #Emergencymedicine #ECLS

Second part of our review on communication during high stress, time sensitive codes. Focus is on Training the team and team dynamics as well as how to build a resus simulator for 140 dollars!!!!!! 

 

The last time we accepted the fact that every now and then your ability to communicate during a code will be tested and that by definition if you work in an acute care environment ..... chaos is part of the game. 

 

 

#simulation #FOAMED #TRAUMA #ICU #CRITICALCARE #EMERGENCYMEDICINE #codeblue #CPR #communication #EMT #Nursing

This Episode addresses what you can do to communicate better during noisy and chaotic code blues, resuscitations and trauma codes where things just aren't going right. 

Ever wondered how to set up for an intubation in low light?

or in a car crash.?

Maybe on an ambulance where you have to be seated ?

This is todays topic.

Intubation on the field.

#Airway #intubation #icu #ems #fieldtransport #medic #criticalcare #emergency airtrainsport #emergencymedicine