Online Medical Education on Emergency Department (ED) Critical Care, Trauma, and Resuscitation
So we have discussed my preference for surgical over needle-based techniques for front-of-neck-access (FONA) many times on the podcast. You can see the needle vs. knife discussions in some of the earlier posts as well. Cut to air just works better in … Read more
Getting started: The HYPRESS trial The new HYPRESS trial tests whether steroid could prevent deterioration from sepsis into septic shock. The study found no significant benefit from steroid, but I thought it was underpowered. However, an … Read more
We can all agree that the use of bedside ultrasound (US) has changed the practice of Emergency Medicine for the better. But with the addition of such a tool, we are now faced with the question of how best to apply this novel modality into our … Read more
So, last year Amato et al published a paper on Driving Pressure: Driving Pressure and Survival in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome It contained an incredibly interesting theory--driving pressure may be a much better measure of lung … Read more
Sepsis 3.0 replaced the SIRS criteria with a new risk-stratification tool, qSOFA. qSOFA was initially developed within the Sepsis-3 publication itself. Until now, qSOFA has never been validated. The value of qSOFA vs. SIRS remains … Read more
Hi, my name is Scott Weingart.
I am an ED
Intensivist from New York. Along with my friends, we are attempting to provide and teach Maximally Aggressive Care, Everywhere! From the field to the ICU, EMCrit is about optimal critical care and resuscitation.
