George Kovacs left a great comment on the hemoptysis post:Great discussion. Unfortunately with these cases getting the tube is THE major problem before we consider any bronchoscopic intervention. Here are my pearls based on experience and cadaveric simulations:Call for help: Patients with massive pulmonary hemorrhage die. Respect hemoptysis especially related to … [Read more...]
EMCrit Wee – An Amazing (Wearable) Cric Trainer from Laura Duggan and the AirwayCollaboration Folks
So my friend Laura Duggan has been engaged in a multi-prong project to save lives through the dissemination of surgical airway information. We've previously discussed the airway app to collect data on front-of-neck-access. Now she is releasing a cric model that blows the old ones I used to recommend out of the water. You want one of these models... You want one to practice … [Read more...]
Podcast 204 – The Nurse-Led Code with Joe Bellezzo
I am joined again by my good friend, Joe Bellezzo, to discuss the nurse-led code. I've been doing this at my two shops for about a decade. Joe, along with his partners-in-crime Zack Shinar & Chris Ho, have set up a beautiful process for nurse led code management at their hospital, Sharp Memorial in San Diego. Stuff Mentioned in the PodcastHere is the … [Read more...]
Podcast 203 – New Reversals for New Anticoagulants with Nadia Awad
This stuff is not sexy and frankly, it hurts my head. That is all the more reason to do a show on the new landscape of NOAC reversal. We must pursue rather than avoid the subjects we are weak on. But I needed someone far smarter than myself--I needed a EM PharmD. Nobody better to speak about this topic than Nadia Awad. Nadia is associate editor of the Emergency Medicine PharmD … [Read more...]
An Uproar about the IVC
So on the ISepsis section of the blog, Paul just posted on the uselessness of IVC ultrasound for fluid assessment. Now since I don't really believe in large volume repletion anymore, I don't really care about fluid responsiveness all that much either. But I never let a good opportunity for debate pass me by, so it was a delightful happenstance that one of the authors of a … [Read more...]
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