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 Podcast 49 – The Mind of a Resus Doc: Logistics over Strategy
This Part I of the Mind of a Resus Doc Series, in which we delve into the philosophies that make a good resuscitationist.
EMCrit Podcast 48 – PhD in EKGs Part II: Left Bundle Branch Block
A few months ago, we had Dr. Stephen Smith on the podcast to discuss a variety of EKG issues. Dr. Smith has an EKG blog that is required reading for every ED and ICU doc. This is Part II and I think it discusses an incredibly important issue: right now major medical societies including the AHA and ACEP are asking us to fibrinolyse or PCI patients with new or presumed new LBBB. However, your interventionalists will tell you that this strategy is a ridiculous waste given how few acute occlusions will actually be found. Why this discrepancy?
EMCrit Podcast 47 – Failure to Plan for Failure: A Discussion of Airway Disasters and the NAP4 Study
Cliff Reid of Resus.Me fame put out an incredible post on NAP4, the audit done on all of the airway complications in Great Britain. It was such a phenomenal post that I got in touch with Cliff and asked if he wanted to come on the podcast to speak about it. He did me one better and got an interview with one of the authors of the Emergency and Critical Care Section.
EMCrit Podcast 46 – Acid Base: Part III
In part III, we go through 2 cases of acid base abnormalities step by step.