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Emergency Medicine Critical Care, ED Intensivists, and ED Intensive Care Units (EDICUs)
This page serves as a repository of resources for setting up an ED Intensive Care Unit (EDICU). Read My Paper The Paper from AJEM A paper describing the current 4 Resus ICUs Definitions Emergency Medicine Critical Care (EMCC) is a subspecialty of emergency medicine dealing with the care of the critically ill both in the ED […]
Books I Recommend – May 2015
From time to time, I recommend books on the site. These are books I have read and can recommend to all of you
PulmCrit Table of Contents (TOC)
TOPICS airway & procedures cardiology endocrinology gastroenterology hematology/oncology infectious diseases nephrology neurology pulmonology rheumatology toxicology methodology & miscellaneous Airway pharmacology Medication sequence: rocketamine vs. keturonium Ketamine-tolerant patient Catastrophic complications, ROC vs. SUX Arterial lines: wrist versus the groin? Cricothyrotomy in asphyxial cardiac arrest Difficult airway communication via allergy list Drowned airway Large-bore suction strategies & […]
Imperturbability: William Osler, Resilience, and Redefining Mental Toughness by Mike Lauria
Imperturbability and Rethinking Resilience in Medicine by @ResusPadawan
EMCrit 305 – Post-Cardiac Arrest Hypothermia (or not) – TTM2 Synthesis with Niklas Nielsen and Josef Dankiewicz
The TTM2 trial changes game for post-cardiac arrest management. I am joined today with the study’s authors to discuss this amazing paper.
NeuroEMCrit – Team NeuroEMCrit’s H&R Conference Talk, Part 1
3 great cases from the NeuroEMCrit Team
PulmCrit- Epinephrine vs. atropine for bradycardic periarrest
Introduction with a case An elderly woman is admitted with atrial fibrillation and fast ventricular rate. She is asymptomatic, with a heart rate of 160 b/m. She is treated with a 20 mg diltiazem bolus followed by an infusion at 15 mg/hour for several hours. Her heart rate slows to 110 b/m. She is then […]
EMCrit 107 – Peripheral Vasopressor Infusions and Extravasation
Can we give vasopressors peripherally? And if we do, what if they leak?
Point of Care Ultrasound Handbook – RUSH Chapter
A free chapter from a POC ultrasound book
Toxic Shock Syndrome Management: A tale of two patients
0 Introduction 0 Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a true resuscitationist’s disease. It is potentially quite lethal, with many series of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome reporting mortality in the range of 30-50%. However, recent observational studies suggest that treatment with modern critical care, toxin-suppressive antibiotics, and IVIG may reduce the mortality to 10% (Linner […]
PulmCrit – The Crashing Asthmatic with Leo Stemp
Today will feature a guest post with Leo Stemp exploring some bleeding-edge concepts. Very soon, an Internet Book of Critical Care chapter will round things out with a broader look at this disease. Leo Stemp trained first in critical care (including medical school at Harvard, internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai, and a fellowship at […]
Pulmcrit Wee: My graduation speech – why we resuscitate
Below is my graduation speech. It is about why we are in medicine. As all resuscitationists know – whether nurse, physician, pharmacist, PA, or paramedic – resuscitation is hard work. We all could have chosen easier, safer paths to follow. Ten years down the track I have no regrets. I appreciate the great privilege of being here. Still, though, it’s good to take a moment to remember how we got here, and why it is that we do what we do.
EMCrit 330 – Rural Resus Explosion
more on rural resus
PulmCrit- Resuscitationist’s guide to status epilepticus
In 2014 I wrote a post suggesting an aggressive, streamlined approach to status epilepticus involving early intubation. The fundamentals of that post remain valid. However, much has changed over the last few years. This post aims to refresh and extend the prior post. It will also serve as a reference to explain my algorithm for […]