This episode, we discuss REBOA (resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta).
EMCrit 74 – Who the Heck to Cool after Cardiac Arrest with Ben Abella
Today we are joined by Benjamin Abella, MD to discuss who to cool after cardiac arrest.
EMCrit 56 – Dr. Rivers on Severe Sepsis – Part III
Part III of an amazing talk by Dr. Emanuel Rivers on Severe Sepsis, Septic Shock, and early goal directed therapy.
EMCrit 55 – Dr. Rivers on Severe Sepsis – Part II
Part II of an amazing talk by Dr. Emanuel Rivers on Severe Sepsis.
EMCrit 54 – Dr. Rivers on Severe Sepsis – Part I
Part I of an amazing talk by Dr. Emanuel Rivers on Severe Sepsis.
EMCrit 34 – 2010 ACLS Guidelines
The brand new ACLS & BCLS guidelines were published last week. Not huge changes, but some good stuff! The free full text is available at the Circulation website. It takes hours to make your way through all of it. I boiled it down to just the facts and posted a summary on the EMCrit site. In this EMCrit Podcast I discuss some of the highlights that I think are particularly important.
EMCrit 24 – The Cric Show
Ok, Ok, I promise this is the last airway episode for at least a little while. I am perhaps a bit obsessed. Had this show in the works for a while. The cric is the last barrier between a failed airway and death. EM docs need to be able to perform this procedure without hesitation. This requires training and practice until you can perform the procedure in < 30 seconds literally with your eyes closed!
EMCrit 22 – Non-Invasive Severe Sepsis Care
Young patient, lactate of 5.2, pneumonia… You know what you’re supposed to do–put in the central line and start early goal directed therapy. Problem is, most people can’t see sticking a central line in a patient that does not need pressors and otherwise looks well. Yet these patient have an annoying habit of going on to decompensate and perish. Well now there may be another way. Thanks to an article just published in JAMA, we may have a path to non-invasive treatment of severe sepsis. In this EMCrit Podcast, I interview Dr. Alan E. Jones, author of the article, Lactate clearance vs central venous oxygen saturation as goals of early sepsis therapy: a randomized clinical trial. Then I discuss how this article changes the game when it comes to caring for severe sepsis patients.
EMCrit 18 – The Infamous Awake Intubation Video
For historical purposes only…
EMCrit 17 – Reversal of Anti-coagulant and Anti-platelet Drugs in Head Bleeds
So you have a patient with intracranial bleeding or you have a high pre-ct suspicion of intracranial bleeding and they are taking coumadin, aspirin, or clopidogrel. Should you reverse them? If so, how?
EMCrit 7 – Sedation Tirade
A brief PAD diatribe