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PODCAST: Prehospital Blood Transfusion
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download What is prehospital blood transfusion Administration of blood products in the field prior to hospital arrival Aimed at patients in hemorrhagic shock Why this matters Traditional US prehospital resuscitation relied on crystalloid ED and trauma care now prioritize early blood Hemorrhage occurs before
הרצאת CME של חודש ינואר עלתה לאתר
הרצאתו של Dr. Lloyd Tannenbaum: High Risk ACS ECGs You Can't Miss עלתה לאתר ואפשר לראות אותה בקישור הבא לחץ כאן לויד טננבאום למד רפואה במכללה הרפואית ג'פרסון בפילדלפיה, פנסילבניה. לאחר מכן התמחה במרכז הרפואי הצבאי ברוק (BAMC) בסן אנטוניו, טקסס. לאחר ההתמחות הוא נשאר כסגל הליבה של ACGME ב-BAMC
ECG Pointers: Longer is Always Better… Wait, that’s not right.
Authors: Ava Littlewood-Snodgrass, PharmD (Pharmacy Resident, Geisinger Wyoming Valley) and Lloyd Tannenbaum, MD (EM Attending Physician, APD, Geisinger Wyoming Valley, PA) // Reviewer: Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Hello and welcome back to ECG Pointers, a series designed to make you more confident in your ECG interpretations. This week, we feature a post from Dr. Tannenbaum’s ECG
Prehospital Trauma Compendium: Evaluation and Management of Suspected Pelvis Fractures – An NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document
John W. Lyng, Joshua G. Corsa, Brad D. Raetzke, Bryan R. Wilson, Andrew McCoy, Steve C. Patterson, Amie Rose, Emily Kraft & Nichole Bosson Abstract Emergency Medical Services (EMS) clinicians may encounter trauma patients with major pelvic fractures from multiple mechanisms of injury. In-hospital evidence that stabilization of
PODCAST: Amiodarone vs. Lidocaine
Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD Educational Pearls: How do amiodarone and lidocaine work on the heart? Amiodarone Blocks potassium channels (Class III effect). Also blocks sodium and calcium channels. Additional noncompetitive beta-blocker effects. Stabilizes cardiac tissue, slows heart rate, and suppresses both atrial and ventricular arrhythmias. Lidocaine Blocks fast sodium channels
podcast: Cervical Spine Clearance in Adult Blunt Trauma Updates
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis episode reviews the basics of cervical spine clearance in adult blunt trauma patients including Deciding between clinical decision tools What to do in the intoxicated/obtunded patient What to do after a negative CT in a patient with persistent neck pain and no neurological
BMJ: Association between location of prehospital intubation, complication rates and time intervals
Alan A Garner1,2, Andrew Scognamiglio3, Anna Lee4 Correspondence to Dr Alan A Garner; alan.garner@sydney.edu.au Abstract Background It has been recommended that prehospital rapid sequence intubation (PH-RSI) be performed in locations that provide 360-degree access to the patient. We aimed to examine the success and complication rate of PH-RSI by location of intubation
Prehospital Intubation Without Drugs? That’s Bad Chemistry
Written by Aaron Lacy Similar to prior research on the topic, prehospital endotracheal intubation (ETI) is more successful with both sedative and paralytic than with no medications or sedative alone. Friends don’t let friends intubate without drugs Across the United States, paramedics perform hundreds of thousands of intubations each year. Success on
