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

We have had many recent firsts on the podcast, and this is the first of two new concepts coming up with a new regular guest, Fritz Fuller.  Fritz is a PA practicing in emergency medicine.  He plans on...

13 Des 201623min

Rule out criteria can be our biggest friends or our worst enemies depending on how we use them.  They are not perfect, but can save us from a lot of over-testing.  In this blog and podcast, we talk ab...

6 Des 201619min

Anaphylaxis is a life-threatening condition.  It needs to be identified quickly and treated appropriately to save a patient's life.  Today marks our first ever "Patient and Provider" podcast.  This me...

29 Nov 201618min

Sometimes we have to go back to the basics.  Airway management has its many advanced methods but with all the great FOAMed out there, very little of it covers the basic approach.  We wish to remedy th...

22 Nov 201647min

When a patient needs to be given to EMS for transfer to another facility, it is important to have a solid hand-off.  The last podcast was about the EMS to ED hand-off process and it was the most popul...

15 Nov 201618min

When EMS brings a patient to the ED, there are many factors that can make that hand-off either good or bad.  It seems like no matter how hard each side tries, the message does not always carry over.  ...

8 Nov 201620min

There was a lot of coverage for the original Vortex Approach and the revised version has also caught some attention. Others like Minh Le Cong have covered it and the British Journal of Anesthesia has ...

1 Nov 201619min

The Vortex Approach is another game changer in airway management. This podcast features Dr. Nicholas Chrimes reviewing this technique to manage the airway. He also ties in some Star Trek in there (l...

25 Okt 201627min