Online Medical Education on Emergency Department (ED) Critical Care, Trauma, and Resuscitation
So we've gone back and forth quite a bit on IVC ultrasound these past couple of days:iSepsis - Vena Caval Ultrasonography - Just Don't Do It! An Uproar about the IVC EM Nerd-The Case of the Tarnished Standard The IVC for Fluid … Read more
Anyone who has spent some time in a cardiac intensive care unit understands the physiologic appeal of the intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP). Anecdotally its use improves multiple clinical endpoints that for years have been considered surrogates for … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Vena Caval Ultrasonography. Why? It has been well established that only about 50% of hemodynamically unstable patients are fluid responsive; i.e that they will increase their stroke volume by greater than 10% following a fluid challenge (usually 500 … 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.