This lecture is part of the Laryngoscope as a Murder Weapon Series: Hemodynamic Kills Oxygenation Kills Ventilatory Kills Sorry about the voice–blame the swine flu. Case Thanks to Joe Chiang Severe DKA; Obtunded with pH 6.65, PaCO2 18, Bicarb 5 Pt’s mental status is worsening The decision is made to intubate Should you give NaBicarb? […]
Podcast 3 – Laryngoscope as a Murder Weapon (LAMW) Series – Ventilatory Kills – Intubating the patient with Severe Metabolic Acidosis
EMCrit Podcast 2 – ETCO2
I did a spot on ETCO2 for Amal Mattu’s podcast a couple of weeks ago. I try to clear up some of the myths on the use of ETCO2. Of course the most pervasive and potentially dangerous myth is that ETCO2=PaCO2. Long story short, in our patients, it doesn’t. Listen to the podcast for more…
EMCrit Podcast 1 – Sympathetic Crashing Acute Pulmonary Edema (SCAPE)
Here it is, the 1st EMCrit podcast. It’s on the topic of Sympathetic Crashing Acute Pulmonary Edema (SCAPE). This condition is on a very different part of the disease spectrum from FOPE (Fluid-Overload Pulmonary Edema, an acronum I first saw used by by @Cameronks) To boil it down to 10 seconds: Start patient on Non-invasive […]
EMCrit Podcast 0 – The Intro
In which I introduce you to me and explain what this whole thing is about. (better late than never)