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FEELing for a Pulse and Shocking Asystole

July 31, 2018 Curbside to Bedside 0 Comments Asystole, cardiac arrest, cpr, defibrillation, EMS, PEA, PHEM, POCUS, Ultrasound, Ventricular Fibrillation, VF

Would the implementation of POCUS change how we manage cardiac arrest patients in the Prehospital environment? Should we shock asystole in case it’s fine VF? Should ultrasound replace finger pulse checks?

We brought EMS Physician Dr. Walt Lubbers on the show to help answer some of these burning questions.

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Drowning

July 19, 2018 Curbside to Bedside 0 Comments asphyxiation, curbsidetobedside, Drowning, Emergency, EMS, EMT, Paramedic, PHEM

In the management of the drowning patient, is it ABC or CAB?

Drowning is a form of asphyxia. There is no role for hands only CPR in the management of a drowning person.

In drowning, it’s ABC, not CAB.

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The (not so) New Hotness: Heat Illness & EMS

July 14, 2018 Curbside to Bedside 0 Comments EMS, environmental, heat, illness, injury, medicine, prehospital, stroke, wilderness

The (not so) New Hotness: Heat Illness & EMS. Emergency Physician, EMS Medical Director, and master of all things, Dr. Ryan Stanton joins us to discuss diagnosis, pathophysiology, and evidence based treatment of heatstroke in PHEM.

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Airway Oxygenation Resuscitation Toxicology Ventilation 

The Great White Fright

June 1, 2018 Curbside to Bedside 0 Comments Airway, bag valve mask, BVM, Chip Lange, EMS, EMT, ETCO2, fentanyl, heroin, Medic, opioid, overdose, oxygen therapy, oxygenation, Paramedic, PPE, Prehospital Medicine, TotalEM, toxicology, ventilation

BSI, scene safe? Bringing sanity to the fentanyl craze with guest Chip Lange of the Total EM podcast.

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Resuscitation 

Prehospital Cardiac Arrest

May 7, 2018 Curbside to Bedside 0 Comments cardiac arrest, cpr, defibrillation, EMS, Prehospital Medicine, resuscitation

For this episode, we bring in an expert and an esteemed guest to answer all of your burning questions about

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Prime the Pump: A Failed Paradigm in Sepsis

April 1, 2018 Curbside to Bedside 0 Comments Early Vasopressor, epinephrine, Epinephrine drip, Fluid Responsiveness, Fluids in sepsis, Norepinephrine, Push Dose Epinephrine, Sepsis, Septic shock

Why is “prime the pump”, dying? It’s now accepted that sepsis has more to do with vasodilation, and less to

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Airway Anaphylaxis Immunology Oxygenation 

Anaphylaxis

February 17, 2018May 29, 2018 Curbside to Bedside 0 Comments Allergic reaction, Anaphylaxis, EMS, EMT, epinephrine, Paramedic, Prehospital Medicine

Anaphylaxis may be trickier than you think, but there’s no confusion about the treatment: aggressive administration of EPINEPHRINE.

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Airway Oxygenation Ventilation 

Rethinking Oxygenation

January 10, 2018 Curbside to Bedside 1 Comment Airway, apneic CPAP, bag valve mask, BVM, EMS, oxygen therapy, oxygenation, Prehospital Medicine, ventilation

Critically hypoxic or bradypneic patients need aggressive and effective oxygenation – quickly. In most cases, a standard BVM ventilation or

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EKG 

Diagnosing STEMI in the Presence of LBBB

December 20, 2017December 20, 2017 Curbside to Bedside 1 Comment Cardiac Cath Lab, EKG, Left Bundle Branch Block, Prehospital Medicine, Sgarbossa Criteria, Smith Modified Sgarbossa Criteria, STEMI

Learn how to diagnose STEMI in the setting of LBBB and paced rhythm using Sgarbossa and Smith Modified Sgarbossa Criteria.

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Trauma 

Massive Hemorrhage Control

November 22, 2017November 22, 2017 Curbside to Bedside 3 Comments Bleeding, Bleeding Control, CoTCCC, EMS, EMT, Hemorrhage, Medic, Military, Paramedic, Prehospital Medicine, StopTheBleed, Tourniquet, Trauma

BLUF: Aggressive control of massive, external hemorrhage is always THE priority. In this episode, we discuss the most high-yield methods

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