The World’s Okayest Medic Podcast

REFERENCES: Blevins, Charles. (2021). Intubating Asthma. American Academy of Emergency Medicine. Available at https://www.aaem.org/UserFiles/file/CCMS_CSJanFeb21.pdf Josh Farkas. (Aug 5, 2021). Waveform capnography in the intubated patient. Internet Book of Critical Care. Available at https://emcrit.org/ibcc/co2/ Pearson SD, Patel BK. Noninvasive Ventilation for Acute Asthma: The Neglected Sibling...

References (I didn't alphabetize them...sorry): Bello G, De Santis P, Antonelli M. Non-invasive ventilation in cardiogenic pulmonary edema. Ann Transl Med. 2018 Sep;6(18):355. doi: 10.21037/atm.2018.04.39. PMID: 30370282; PMCID: PMC6186545. Bendjelid K, Schütz N, Suter PM, et al. Does continuous positive airway pressure by face mask improve patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema due to le...

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Brian Collins is a paramedic, EMS training coordinator, and educator.

Not a nice topic to discuss but necessary for what we do as EMS providers. References: Adams, S., Good, M. And Defranco, G. (2009). Sudden infant death synd. American Family Physician 79(10): 870-874. Helman, A, DeCaen, A, Crocco, A. PALS Guidelines. Emergency Medicine Cases. March, 2017.  https://emergencymedicinecases.com/uti-myths-misconceptions/ . Accessed [8 July 22]. PMID 30035966, 32019512...

HEED THE REFERENCES: Anand Swaminathan, "REBEL Core Cast 47.0 Nausea and Vomiting", REBEL EM blog, January 13, 2021. Available at: https://rebelem.com/rebel-core-cast-47-0-nausea-and-vomiting/ . Beadle KL, Helbling AR, Love SL, April MD, Hunter CJ. Isopropyl Alcohol Nasal Inhalation for Nausea in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2015; doi: http://dx.doi.org/1...

DAS REFERENCES: Bordeianou, L. Yeh, D. Management of SBO in adults. Available at https://www.uptodate.com/contents/management-of-small-bowel-obstruction-in-adults Ellsworth Wright, "REBEL Core Cast – Basics of EM – Diffuse and Flank Abdominal Pain", REBEL EM blog, June 1, 2022. Available at:  https://rebelem.com/rebel-core-cast-basics-of-em-diffuse-and-flank-abdominal-pain/ . Meadors, K. (n.d.). A...

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References: PMID 29606895 http://derangedphysiology.com/main/required-reading/trauma-burns-and-drowning/

Critical care transport is a cerebral logistics game. You need not get analysis paralysis.

Random discussion at my basement bar. Topics covered: An old school code Body armor How to get into critical care EMS

Follow up to my Damage Control Resus episode and random rambling. References: PMID 35082563, 21178760, 9971864

Bill and I kill time at work and discuss two patients with fast heart rates. Hear us muddle awkardly through AVRC and then we go down a bunch of rabbit holes.

Not a sexy topic but I talk about geriatric falls. References: PMID 33060534 PMID 25983268 PMID 22971148 PMID 22971148 Rezaie. (2015). Minor Head Trauma in Anticoagulated Patients: Admit for Obs or D/C? RebelEM. https://rebelem.com/minor-head-trauma-in-anticoagulated-patients-admit-for-observation-or-discharge/

References: Bradford. (2022). RePhill. https://www.thebottomline.org.uk/summaries/icm/rephill/ Smith IM, Crombie N, Bishop JR, McLaughlin A, Naumann DN, Herbert M, Hancox JM, Slinn G, Ives N, Grant M, Perkins GD, Doughty H, Midwinter MJ; RePHILL Trial Collaborators. RePHILL: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of pre-hospital blood product resuscitation for trauma. Transfus Med. 2018 Oct;28...