Online Medical Education on Emergency Department (ED) Critical Care, Trauma, and Resuscitation
This is the next installation in the central line (and really any Seldinger procedure) microskills. You should have already watched the videos with the following microskills:Syringe Suction while Manipulating Needle Stabilization during … Read more
A recent publication in the NEJM by Hofmann et al (1) serves as a nice reminder that so many of our therapeutic staples while based on sound physiological reasoning fail to translate into clinically important realities when empirically tested. … Read more
There is no room for error when diagnosing brain death. Incorrect diagnosis causes inappropriate withdrawal of care. However, delayed or missed diagnoses lead to futile care and lost opportunities for organ donation. American neurologists do not … Read more
Never has a biomarker with so much evidence demonstrating its disutility, enjoyed such a long reign of prosperity as BNP and its natriuretic analogs. And while evidence discrediting BNP’s use for the diagnosis and inpatient management of … Read more
We've spoken a ton on EMCrit on Apneic Oxygenation and Preoxygenation, well here is some more. Nick Caputo and his Lincoln Airway Group did an amazing trial of ApOx in the ED. Rory recently wrote about it and there have been some amazing posts around … 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.