“The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.” ― Sir William Osler Deciphering signal from noise as it …
Author: Curbside to Bedside
Curbside to Bedside is a blogcast created by front line EMS Clinicians to provide simple and relevant initial and continuing prehospital EMS education.
Avoiding Airway Disasters with Dr. Jeff Jarvis
In this episode, we’re graced by the presence of Airway Jedi Dr. Jeff Jarvis. We discuss a novel approach to the standardization of airway management in order to prevent peri-intubation hypoxia and valuable insight into the organizational culture required to make it successful.
Acute Pulmonary Edema
What is SCAPE? For this podcast, we’re discussing the acute pulmonary edema presentation. This patient is hypertensive (SBP >140mmHg), severely dyspneic, with …
FEELing for a Pulse and Shocking Asystole
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.
Drowning
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.
The (not so) New Hotness: Heat Illness & EMS
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.
The Great White Fright
BSI, scene safe? Bringing sanity to the fentanyl craze with guest Chip Lange of the Total EM podcast.
Prehospital Cardiac Arrest
For this episode, we bring in an expert and an esteemed guest to answer all of your burning questions about resuscitation of …
Prime the Pump: A Failed Paradigm in Sepsis
Why is “prime the pump”, dying? It’s now accepted that sepsis has more to do with vasodilation, and less to do with …
Anaphylaxis
Anaphylaxis may be trickier than you think, but there’s no confusion about the treatment: aggressive administration of EPINEPHRINE.