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

Continuing in our month long discussion of point of care ultrasound (POCUS), we move to talking about patient understanding and satisfaction.  This is all in conjunction with Practical POCUS which wil...

9 Okt 201811min

The month of October is often associated with Halloween and people think "hocus pocus" but this time we are promoting point of care ultrasound (POCUS) with a month-long discussion of subjects regardin...

2 Okt 201815min

Recently, Dr. Jeff Jarvis was published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine for a paper regarding a clinical bundle he developed to reduce complications during intubation.  Specifically, his paper was...

25 Sep 201844min

What happens when you have someone who is anticoagulated fall and have minor head trauma?  They are talking to you, they appear neurologically intact, and they feel like they can go home.  Do you let ...

18 Sep 201810min

Firefighters are exposed to a number of dangers on a daily basis.  With this being the anniversary of 9/11, we want to dedicate this blog and podcast to all the victims from that day.  Most of us are ...

11 Sep 201815min

At the request of listeners, we are covering some essential clinical topics such as deep neck infections including peritonsilar abscess (also known as "quinsy").  These are life-threatening conditions...

4 Sep 201814min

I​​ntraosseous (IO) devices are traditionally used in the initial stages of resuscitation when peripheral intravenous (IV) access is not readily obtainable.  This can happen for a variety of reasons s...

28 Aug 201817min

It has been 100 podcasts since the last time Jim DuCanto talked about his SALAD (Suction Assisted Laryngoscopy Airway Decontamination) technique.  Podcasts #8 and #9 were so long ago we wanted to have...

21 Aug 201852min