EM Quick Hits 49 Stroke Management Update, Intussusception, 5 Penetrating Trauma Tips, Skin Foreign Body Hack, CT Radiation Risk, Emergency Fund

On this month's EM Quick HIts podcast: Anand Swaminathan on EVT for large vessel occlusion strokes, Sarah Reid on picking up intussusception, Andrew Petrosoniak on 5 Penetrating Trauma Tips, Peter Toth on using a slit lamp to manage skin foreign body hack, Nour Khatib and Jonathan Wallace on CT Radiation Risk and Matt Poyner on setting up an emergency fund...

By |2023-06-16T10:47:12-04:00June 6th, 2023|Categories: EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, Neurology, Pediatrics, Plastics, Trauma|Tags: , , , , , , , , |2 Comments
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EM Quick Hits 2 Organophosphate Poisoning, TXA for Hemoptysis, Metacarpal Fracture Rotation, Abdominal Stab Wounds, Pediatric IV Cannulation

On this EM Quick Hits podcast we have Emily Austin on organophosphate poisoning, Arun Sayal on malrotation of metacarpal fractures, Andrew Petrosoniak on pitfalls in abdominal stab wound management, Anand Swaminathan on tranexamic acid for non-massive hemoptysis, and Natalie May on pediatric IV cannulation tips and tricks...

By |2022-09-05T17:46:09-04:00February 12th, 2019|Categories: EM Cases, EM Quick Hits, Emergency Medicine, Hematology, Medical Specialty, Special Populations, Toxicology, Trauma|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |4 Comments
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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 |2020-05-31T23:22:55-04:00June 6th, 2016|Categories: CritCases, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, Resuscitation, Trauma|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments
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Best Case Ever 20: CPR in Trauma

BEST CASE EVER 20: CPR in Trauma?!?! Closed Chest Compressions in Traumatic Arrest?!?! Is CPR ever successful in the trauma patient? Dr. Dave MacKinnon, Trauma Team Leader at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, gives you his Best Case Ever in the cardiac arrest trauma patient. The literature is full of case series of zero survival in trauma patients requiring CPR. For example, this report in CJEM. Normally, we should not be thinking of CPR in traumatic arrests, but instead, ED thoracotomy as Scott Weingart of emcrit describes in his podast 36 - Traumatic Arrest. But just wait until you here Dave's Best Case Ever..........

By |2020-05-31T23:22:21-04:00December 3rd, 2013|Categories: Best Case Ever, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Resuscitation, Trauma|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments
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Episode 10 Part 2: Trauma Pearls and Pitfalls

In Part 2 of this episode on Trauma Pearls & Pitfalls Dr. Dave MacKinnon and Dr. Mike Brzozowski go through key management strategies and controversies surrounding head, neck, chest, abdominal, pelvic and extremity trauma, followed by a discussion on how best to prepare the trauma patient for transfer to a trauma centre.

By |2023-02-06T12:38:24-05:00January 11th, 2011|Categories: EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Trauma|Tags: , , , , , |2 Comments
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