TOTAL EM - Tools Of the Trade and Academic Learning in Emergency Medicine

We need to get better taking care of out patients.  One of the easiest ways to get better is to work both sides of the emergency medicine realm.  The main divide rests in the prehospital environment v...

19 Syys 201710min

Today is a brief podcast about leaving the ivory tower.  As a PA or physician, we have to train at such a place but with time we will leave.  Not all nurses, paramedics, or others in such settings wil...

12 Syys 201714min

​Today's podcast is a little brief but covers and important topic: blood draws and patient's rights. This comes up due to a recent incident in Salt Lake City at University Hospital when a detective o...

5 Syys 201719min

"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." – Mike Tyson Mental preparedness is not taught to us in emergency medicine or in healthcare generally, but it is something we are all doing ...

29 Elo 201724min

Everyone talks about airway all the time, and I was at first reluctant to give this talk.  However, I believe it is time to talk about this important subject in a slightly different way.  The last tim...

22 Elo 201738min

No matter what aspect of emergency medicine you work in (EMS, fast track, main ED, rural, remote, urban, suburban, or whatever else), you need to be a resuscitationist in my book.  This is entirely my...

15 Elo 201716min

Tranexamic acid (TXA) is an old drug, but one that we in emergency medicine have found love for once again.  In preparation for an upcoming talk at a conference, I realized I had not yet made a post r...

8 Elo 201717min

After Podcast #44 regarding how to incorporate change, our friend Patrick Bafuma reached out to provide his thoughts on how to make change happen in your department.  He has championed the process and...

1 Elo 201730min