resuscitation and critical care medicine

EM Quick Hits 51 – Methylene Blue in Septic Shock, TMJ Dislocation, Crohn’s Disease, Analgesia for Renal Colic, Inhaled Steroids for Asthma, Hypocalcemia in Bleeding Trauma Patients

On this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Anand Swaminathan on the role of methylene blue in septic shock, Nour Khatib on jaw dislocation reduction techniques, Hans Rosenberg on a phenotypic approach to Crohn's disease emergencies, Gil Yehudaiff on evidence based analgesics in renal colic, Brit Long on the importance of inhaled steroids for asthma, and Andrew Petrosoniak on the "lethal diamond" in polytrauma patients and the current state of hypocalcemia in bleeding trauma patients... Please support EM Cases with a donation: https://emergencymedicinecases.com/donation/

By Shaila Gunn|2024-09-27T20:28:09-04:00September 12th, 2023|Categories: EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, Genitourinary, Medical Specialty, Orthopaedics, Respirology, Resuscitation, Trauma|Tags: asthma, colitis, Crohn's, hemorrhagic shock, hypocalcemia, inhaled corticosteroid, lethal diamond, methylene blue, NSAIDs, renal colic, sepsis, TMJ dislocation, trauma resuscitation, vasopressors|1 Comment

EM Quick Hits 48 – FAST in Pediatric Trauma, Multiple Myeloma, Drowning, AKA, Global EM

In this month's EM Quick Hits: Heather Cary on the use and misuse of abdominal FAST in pediatric trauma, Hans Rosenberg and Arleigh McCurdy on the diagnosis and management of Multiple Myeloma in the ED, David Jerome on practice tips for managing the drowning patient, Brit Long and Michael Gottlieb on the diagnosis and management of Alcohol-Induced Ketoacidosis, Navpreet Sahsi on his journey to becoming a humanitarian and global EM doctor...

By Anton Helman|2023-04-25T10:48:32-04:00April 25th, 2023|Categories: EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, Oncology, Respirology, Resuscitation, Special Populations, Trauma, Ultrasound|Tags: AKA, alchohol ketoacidosis, drowning, FAST, global EM, multiple myeloma, pediatric trauma|2 Comments

EM Quick Hits 45 ETCO2 in Cardiac Arrest, Organ Donation, Paraphimosis, Medicolegal Myths, QI Corner

Understanding why ETCO2 is recommended in cardiac arrest with Swami, practical steps to organ donation in the ED with Dr. Andrew Healy, using your hospital food court to treat paraphimosis, rectal prolapse and food bolus obstruction with Dr. Sarah Foohey, QI Corner with Dr. Tahara Bhate, 4 Medicolegal Myths with Dr. Jennifer C. Tang on this month's EM Quick Hits podcast...

By Anton Helman|2024-10-10T12:47:59-04:00January 2nd, 2023|Categories: EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, Pediatrics, Resuscitation|Tags: ETCO2, food bolus obstruction, medicolegal, organ donation, paraphimosis, QI Corner, rectal prolapse|5 Comments

EM Quick Hits 44 Fluids in Pancreatitis, Nasal Fractures, Delirium, DOSE VF, Intimate Partner Violence

In this EM Quick Hits podcast: Justin Morgenstern on fluids in pancreatitis, Leeor Sommer on nasal fractures, Christina Shenvi on delirium, Sheldon Cheskes and Rohit Mohindra on Dose VF, and Noor Khatib and Kari Sampsel on intimate partner violence...

By Raymond Cho|2024-10-10T12:49:45-04:00November 22nd, 2022|Categories: Cardiology, Ears Nose & Throat, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Gastroenterology, Medical Specialty, Resuscitation, Special Populations, Trauma|Tags: delirium, double defibrillation, dual defibrillation, fluid resuscitation, intimate partner violence, nasal fracture, pancreatitis|1 Comment

EM Quick Hits 42 – Subsegmental PE, Trauma Analgesia, Drowning, Polio, Head-up CPR

In this EM Quick Hits podcast: Salim Rezaie on venous thromboembolism recurrence in subsegmental pulmonary embolism, Andrew Petrosoniak on pain management in the polytrauma, Nour Khatib on a rural EM case on management of near-drowning patient, Sara Reid delivers a polio primer, Anand Swaminathan on head-up CPR...

By Anton Helman|2024-10-10T12:56:19-04:00September 13th, 2022|Categories: EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Hematology, Medical Specialty, Resuscitation, Trauma|Tags: analgesia, CPR, drowning, polio, polytrauma, pulmonary embolism, trauma|0 Comments

EM Quick Hits 41 – IO Limitations, Missed Ectopic Pregnancy, Bronchiolitis O2 Monitoring, DRE in Cauda Equina Syndrome, Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Care

In this EM Quick Hits podcast: Anand Swaminathan on limitations and practical tips on intraosseus access,Tahara Bhate QI corner on missed ectopic pregnancy, Sarah Reid from EM Cases Summit on oxygen saturation monitoring in bronchiolitis and management of infant gastro-esophageal reflux, Brit Long on the value of rectal exam in diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome, Hans Rosenberg & Ariel Hendin on withdrawal of life-sustaining care in the ED...

By Anton Helman|2024-10-10T12:54:22-04:00August 16th, 2022|Categories: EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, Neurology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Resuscitation|Tags: bronchiolitis, cauda equina syndrome, DRE, ectopic pregnancy, intraosseus access, IO, withdrawal of life-sustaining care|1 Comment

EM Quick Hits 40 – GI Balloon Tamponade, SVT and Troponin, Falls in Older Patients, Vertical Vertigo, VAFEI Airway

In this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Anand Swaminathan on GI balloon tamponade preparation and indications, Jesse McLaren on why troponin is rarely useful in SVT, Christina Shenvi on why we should not use the term "mechanical fall" in older patients, Nour Khatib & Jonathan Wallace on rural vertical vertigo case and Reuben Strayer on VAFEI - Video-Assisted Flexible Endoscopic Intubation for the anatomically challenging airway...

By Anton Helman|2022-07-19T12:55:32-04:00July 19th, 2022|Categories: Cardiology, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, Medical Specialty, Neurology, Resuscitation, Special Populations|Tags: airway, balloon tamponade, falls, geriatric, SVT, troponin, VAFEI, vertigo|1 Comment

Ep 170 Cardiac Arrest – PoCUS Integration, Communication Strategies, E-CPR, Calling the Code

In this part 2 of our 2-part podcast series on Cardiac Arrest - The When, Why & How, we discuss some of the finer art of cardiac arrest care and answer questions such as: how should we best communicate to EMS, the ED team and the family of the patient to keep the team focused, garner the most important info and keep the flow of the code going? How should we integrate PoCUS into cardiac arrest care so we do not interrupt the core components, yet we gain valuable data? What are the indications for consideration of ECPR/ECMO in cardiac arrest? What factors need to be taken into consideration to decide on when to terminate resuscitation of the cardiac arrest patient - when to call the code? and many more...

By Anton Helman|2024-07-11T15:43:28-04:00June 7th, 2022|Categories: Cardiology, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Medical Specialty, Resuscitation, Ultrasound|Tags: Calling the code, Dr. Bourke Tillmann, Dr. Rob Simard, Dr. Sara Gray, Dr. Scott Weingart, ECMO, ECPR, nurse-led code, POCUS|1 Comment

Ep 169 Cardiac Arrest Controversies – Chest Compressions, Dual Defibrillation, Medications and Airway

In this first part of our 2-part series on Cardiac Arrest Controversies Rob Simard, Bourke Tillman, Sara Gray and Scott Weingart discuss with Anton how best to ensure high quality chest compressions, the pros and cons of mechanical CPR, the literature on dual sequential defibrillation and optimizing pad placement, epinephrine vs vasopressin, amiodarone vs lidocaine, when to consider IV calcium and sodium bicarbonate, esmolol, airway considerations, sedation in cardiac arrest, the pros and cons of end-tidal CO2 and more...

By Anton Helman|2024-07-11T15:44:00-04:00May 24th, 2022|Categories: Cardiology, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Medical Specialty, Resuscitation|Tags: airway management, amiodarone, chest compressions, CPR, defibrillation, dual defibrillation, end tidal CO2, epinephrine, esmolol, mechanical CPR, norepinephrine, refractory VF, sodium bicarbonate, vasopressin|3 Comments

EM Quick Hits 37 Introducing QI Corner, Skin Abscess, O2 Sat Monitor Pearls, Infantile Spasms, Atrial Fibrillation Rate Control

Tahara Bhate's new QI corner Quick Hits series, Hans Rosenberg & Michael Gottlieb on the evidence around ED diagnosis and management of skin abscesses using PoCUS, Anand Swaminathan on what the oxygen saturation monitor can tell you besides oxygen saturation, Sarah Reid on how to pick up infantile spasms and prevent poor neurologic outcomes, Elisha Targonsky on battle of the ED rate control medications for rapid atrial fibrillation...

By Anton Helman|2024-10-27T20:17:30-04:00April 12th, 2022|Categories: Cardiology, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, Plastics, Resuscitation|Tags: atrial fibrillation, incision and drainage, infantile spasms, oxygen saturation, quality improvement, skin abscess, spinal epidural abscess|0 Comments