massive transfusion Archives - Emergency Medicine Cases

EM Quick Hits 4 Acetaminophen Overdose & Warfarin Interaction, Dental Infections, MTP RABT Score, Statins for STEMI, Cricothyrotomy Tips

In this Quick Hits Podcast: David Juurlink on acetaminophen and warfarin drug interaction, Hans Rosenberg on management of dental infections, Emily Austin on dialysis in massive acetaminophen overdose, Andrew Petrosoniak on MTP decisions and the RABT score in trauma , Joel Yaphe on statins for STEMI from Whistler's Update in EM Conference, and George Kovacs on how to maximize success of a cricothyrotomy from EM Cases Course 2019...

By Anton Helman|2020-11-29T15:10:03-05:00May 7th, 2019|Categories: Cardiology, Conference, Ears Nose & Throat, EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Hematology, Medical Specialty, Resuscitation, Toxicology, Trauma, Whistler Update in EM|Tags: acetaminophen overdose, APAP, Cricothyrotomy, dental infections, drug interaction, EM Cases Course, Ludwig's angina, massive transfusion, MTP, RABT score, SECURE-PCI, STEMI, warfarin interactions|0 Comments

Ep 118 Trauma – The First and Last 15 Minutes Part 1

In this part 1 of Trauma - The First and Last 15 Minutes, we answer questions such as: how should we best prepare our team, our gear and ourselves for the trauma patient? How does resequencing the initial trauma resuscitation save lives? How can we most readily identify occult shock, the silent killer in trauma? What are 7 actions to consider in the first 15 minutes of resuscitation? How can the concepts of "controlled resuscitation" and "resuscitation intensity" help us decide resuscitation targets and when to activate a massive transfusion protocol? and many more...

By Anton Helman|2022-10-11T15:25:21-04:00December 18th, 2018|Categories: EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Medical Specialty, Trauma|Tags: ABC score, controleed resuscitation, delta shock index, Dr. Andrew Petrosoniak, Dr. Chris Hicks, massive transfusion, resequenced trauma resuscitation, resuscitation intensity, shock index|5 Comments

Episode 101 GI Bleed Emergencies Part 1

In this Part 1 of our two part podcast on GI bleed emergencies we answer questions such as: How do you distinguish between an upper vs lower GI bleed when it's not so obvious clinically? What alterations to airway management are necessary for the GI bleed patient? What do we need to know about the value of fecal occult blood in determining whether or not a patient has a GI bleed? Which patients require red cell transfusions? Massive transfusion? Why is it important to get a fibrinogen level in the sick GI bleed patient? What are the goals of resuscitation in a massive GI bleed? What's the evidence for using an NG tube for diagnosis and management of upper GI bleeds? In which patients should we give tranexamic acid and which patients should we avoid it in? How are the indications for massive transfusion in GI bleed different to the trauma patient? What are your options if the bleeding can't be stopped on endoscopy? and many more...

By Anton Helman|2022-10-21T15:14:13-04:00October 10th, 2017|Categories: EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Gastroenterology, Medical Specialty, Resuscitation|Tags: Anand Swaminathan, balloon tamponade, Blakemore, endoscopy, FOBT, Jeannie Callum, LGIB, massive transfusion, NG tube, Salim Rezaie, tranexamic acid, TXA, UGIB|2 Comments

Best Case Ever 46 – Chris Nickson on Hickam’s Dictum

EM Cases Best Case Ever - Chris Nickson on Hickam's Dictum. Usually we use the heuristic of Occam's razor to help us arrive at one diagnosis that makes sense of all the data points that a particular patient presents to us. However sometimes it's not so straight forward and we need to think about multiple diagnoses that explain a patient's condition - Hickam's Dictum. Dr. Chris Nickson, the brains behind the Life in the Fast Lane blog tells his Best Case Ever from the SMACC Conference in Dublin, in which a patient thrombolysed for massive pulmonary embolism suffers a cardiac arrest, and the thought process he went through to discover the surprising complicating diagnoses that ensue...

By Anton Helman|2020-05-31T23:24:15-04:00June 21st, 2016|Categories: Best Case Ever, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, Resuscitation|Tags: cardiac arrest, Chris Nickson, hypocalcemia, massive transfusion, SMACC|1 Comment

CritCases 3 – GSW to the Chest

EM Cases CritCases 3 - GSW to the chest in a rural setting. In this CritCases we discuss preparation for penetrating trauma in a rural setting, the ABC score, massive transfusion protocol, clamshell thoracotomy, trauma intubation and more. The Case... You are the transport physician on call. A 50-year old male with a history of depression allegedly shot himself in the chest with a rifle. A bystander called 911. The local paramedics are en route and the air transport team is activated with a plan to rendezvous at the nearest hospital, Janus General, which is 90 minutes by ground from the nearest tertiary care centre. You contact the rural hospital for a status update but all they can tell you is that his GCS is 14 and he has a GSW to the central chest.

By Anton Helman|2020-05-31T23:22:55-04:00June 6th, 2016|Categories: CritCases, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, Resuscitation, Trauma|Tags: ABC score, Dave MacKinnon, massive transfusion, Michael Misch, penetrating trauma, permissive hypotension, thoracostomy, thoracotomy, trauma intubation|0 Comments