I recently got back from the inaugural Hospitalist & Resuscitationist conference, a fantastic FOAMy conference in Montreal organized by Phillipe Rola (@ThinkingCC). It was inspiring to participate alongside fantastic folks including Rory Speigel (@EMNerd), Jon-Emile Kenny (@heart_lung), Kylie Baker (@kyliebaker88), Lawrence Lynn(@PatientStormDoc), Andre Denault, and Segun Olusanya (@iceman_ex). Screencasts of my talks, audio clips, some videos […]
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EMCrit 45 – Acid Base – Part II
This second lecture discusses a quantitative approach to acid base management. I lay out the formula I use to approach an acid-base problem.
PulmCrit- APROCCHSS vs. ADRENAL: Are we asking the right question?
ADRENAL and APROCCHSS were both designed with mortality as a primary endpoint. They reached opposite conclusions: steroid had no effect on mortality in ADRENAL, whereas it improved mortality in APROCCHSS. Why?
EMCrit 96 – Acid Base – Part V – Enough with the Bicarb Already
More on Bicarb in the Critically Ill and a discussion with John Kellum, MD
EMCrit 50 – Acid Base – Part IV – Choose the Solution Based on the Problem
This is Part 4 of the Acid Base saga. In this episode, I discuss the acid base effects of fluids and when and how to use sodium bicarbonate.
EMCrit 46 – Acid Base – Part III
In part III, we go through 2 cases of acid base abnormalities step by step.
EMCrit 65 – A Primer on BVM Ventilation with Reuben Strayer
Today I want to talk about proper ventilation with a Bag-Valve-Mask, aka the BVM. I am joined by my friend Reuben Strayer, MD of EM Updates. You’ll see Reub’s talk from this year’s EMCrit ED Critical Care Conference and hear some of my thoughts as well.
Lights Camera Action: Redirecting Videolaryngoscopy (Guest Post)
Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, & the Cochrane review of videolaryngoscopy
COMM CHECK: More On Resuscitation Communication
If the words of command are not clear and distinct, if the orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame – Sun Tzu Communication During Resuscitation Communication continues to be a major issue in virtually all high-stress, time-sensitive environments. This has been discussed a number of times on EMCrit, most recently in […]
EMCrit RACC-Lit Update – June 2023
So much lit goodness!!!
“The Adventure of the Empty House”
Well before Han Solo was frozen in carbonite, before Sigourney Weaver crossed galaxies in cryostasis, or Walt Disney was cryopreserved, we have been fascinated by the stasis-like powers of hypothermia. Given this enthusiasm, we most likely would have reacted with just as much vigor even if the initial trials of hypothermia for out of hospital […]
PulmCrit- Ten dubious beliefs in neurocritical care
Recently Geert Meyfroidt published an article in Intensive Care Medicine describing ten false beliefs in neurocritical care shown here: It’s a great article, but I think they could have been more aggressive about challenging neurocritical care dogmas (1). In response, here is a list of ten dubious beliefs that goes farther to challenge the status quo. […]
EMCrit Special – Burnout with Liz Crowe
More on burnout with an expert…
EMCrit 118 – Book Club – On Combat by Dave Grossman
Cliff Reid joins me for the 1st EMCrit book club on the book, On Combat by Dave Grossman
Flash cigarette burns: To intubate or not to intubate?
0 Getting warmed up with a multiple-choice question 0 A 70-year-old man with oxygen-dependent COPD is admitted following a flash burn. He started smoking with his oxygen running, and the cigarette “exploded” in his face. Currently he is in the emergency department on four liters nasal cannula (twice his chronic oxygen prescription). He is mentating […]