Online Medical Education on Emergency Department (ED) Critical Care, Trauma, and Resuscitation
Today, an update on Push-Dose Pressors. I coined the name Push-Dose Pressors (PDPs) way back on episode 6. The idea was not new, anesthesiologists and resus docs have been using bolus-dose vasopressors for decades. I just thought the name was dumb, … Read more
In a previous post we discussed the use of IVC variation and the concept of fluid responsiveness. Despite a strong physiological basis, no studies examining the use of fluid responsiveness to guide resuscitative efforts in patients with septic shock … Read more
George Kovacs left a great comment on the hemoptysis post:Great discussion. Unfortunately with these cases getting the tube is THE major problem before we consider any bronchoscopic intervention. Here are my pearls based on experience and … Read more
We come from all the divisions, ranks, and classes of society…to teach and to be taught in our turn. While we mingle together in these pursuits we shall learn to know each other more intimately; we shall remove many of the prejudices which ignorance … Read more
So my friend Laura Duggan has been engaged in a multi-prong project to save lives through the dissemination of surgical airway information. We've previously discussed the airway app to collect data on front-of-neck-access. Now she is releasing a … 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.