When I was a resident, every vent lecture either put me to sleep or left me dazed and bewildered. I gave a lecture of that ilk when I started working after fellowship–I had become part of the problem. I decided there must be a way to make vent management more understandable and if not interesting, at least bearable.
EMCrit Podcast 16 – Coding Asthmatic, DOPES and Finger Thoracostomy
Hi folks, Sorry about the voice–got a cold off those damn ED keyboards Thanks to my friend Reuben, this week we’ll talk about the asthmatic patient that codes while on the vent The DOPE mnemonic gives you a path to figure out why a patient is desaturating (If anyone knows who created the DOPE mnemonic, […]
EMCrit Podcast 15 – the Severe Asthmatic
To PEEP or not to PEEP, that is the question…in the management of the severe asthmatic