ERcast Lite
Summary: A short, focused discussion of emergency medicine topics with perspectives from emergency physicians as well as other specialties. Here's the problem: When I listen to a 45 minute lecture that goes through about 15 different studies and has 50 slides, I come out feeling like a genius. An hour later, I have forgotten 95% of it. Here's the solution: ercast. We cover a single issue and try to tease out all the relevant elements without overstuffing your frontal cortex. It's for physicians and anyone interested in a bare bones look at emergency care.
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Podcasts:
Amal Mattu gives his thoughts on why we actually get sued for missed MI. Is it the patient who has an impeccable workup and shared decision making? Or are there other factors/patient characteristics that commonly show up in lawsuits?
Are more opioids the answer when a chronic pain patient (on opioids) presents with acute pain? That's often what happens, but might not be the best next step. In this episode, Reuben Strayer presents the argument in favor of haloperidol for analgesia and why more opioids can do more harm than good.
Strategies on what to do when the consultant on the other end of the phone call is giving questionable advice (or perhaps just being rude)
Anorexia is often viewed as a chronic condition that doesn't really warrant emergency care, but that's not the case. Mortality with anorexia nervosa is high -on the order of 10-20%
Recorded at Essentials of Emergency Medicine 2017, Greg Moran MD reviews current thinking on cellulitis diagnosis and management
Performance coach Jason Brooks PhD gives his strategies and tactics on myriad topics including: three techniques for stress inoculation, improving test taking, the unseen costs of hiding ignorance, and what habits are common among high level performers.
Should I give bicarbonate to DKA patients with severe acidemia? I've certainly been admonished for NOT doing it. The reason for withholding bicarb has been that I've heard that it doesn't help and may actually be a bad idea. I can't say the action (or inaction) was based on a deep understanding.
The White Coat Investor
What gives you fulfillment in your job? If you know it, do you make purposeful choices to keep pointed in that direction?
Little things can make a big difference when it comes to running a code. EMS director and CPR aficionado Bill Reed gives a primer on High Performance CPR.
-When is showering OK after stitches? -What type of ointment should be placed on a laceration to promote healing? -Is there an advantage to using antibiotic ointment over petroleum jelly on a non infected laceration? -How much of an extensor tendon needs to be cut for you to either repair it yourself or refer to a hand surgeon? -What type suture to use for extensor tendon repair.
A simple exercise to improve resilience. At the end of each day, ask yourself: what are the three things that went well today and what was your role in bringing them about?
Medical facilities are challenging for someone with autism. This episode reviews 7 ways to improve the experience for pts, families, and medical providers
Ashley Leibig is a HEMS Flight Nurse and Helicopter Rescue Specialist with Austin Travis County STAR Flight. Prior to her flight and rescue career, Ashley served in the US Army as a combat medic with the 101st Airborne Division. She is known around the world as a teacher of managing the stress response, both as someone who has approached it analytically as well as developed tools to mitigate the detrimental aspects of stress out of sheer necessity.
Rapid treatment and life saving tools in the management of junctional bleeding: Bleeding from an area that is a junction of an extremity and the torso (and neck) that is not amenable to hemorrhage control by tourniquet.
