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EMCrit Lecture – Dominating the Vent: Part II

June 1, 2010 by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM 45 Comments

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

December 23, 2009 by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM 5 Comments

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

December 8, 2009 by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM 13 Comments

To PEEP or not to PEEP, that is the question…in the management of the severe asthmatic

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