Traumacast

Join hosts Drs. Tatiana Cardenas, Lauren Dudas, Megan Quintana, Samantha Tarras, and Carrie Valdez as they interview speakers from the 35th EAST Annual Scientific Assembly held in Austin, Texas. in Austin, Texas.  Guests: Drs. Laszlo Kiraly, Taylor Wallen, Amanda Hambrecht, Majid Chammas, Jessica Schucht, Abid Khan, Aaron Hudnall, Ander Dorken Gallastegi, Leah Tatebe, Gillian Hoshal, Maxwell Brave...

Join hosts Drs. Tatiana Cardenas, Lauren Dudas, Megan Quintana, Samantha Tarras, and Carrie Valdez as they interview speakers from the 35th EAST Annual Scientific Assembly held in Austin, Texas.  Guests: Drs. Jeffrey Claridge, Sharmila Dissanaike, Sneha Bhat, Mary Bryant, Kaushik Mukherjee, Chad Hall, Caroline Ricard, Megan Quintana, Michael Pasquale, James Bardes, Victoria Miles and Youssef Shaba...

Who is hacking our hospital systems and why?  What can you do about it? Listen in as we interview Menny Barzilay, partner at Cytactic – Cyber Crisis Management, and Matan Scharf. Both guests are internationally known cyber security experts, formerly in the intelligence services of the Israeli Defense Forces and currently working at Tel Aviv University. Join Drs. Carrie Valdez and Lauren Dudas for...

Celebrating 10 Years of EAST Traumacast! Dive into conversation as Dr. Michal Radomski and @ldel302 interview @carrievaldezmd Dr. Dave Morris, @docmartin22 @saranimdDrs. Michal Radomski and Lauren Dudas interview previous EAST Traumacast moderators Drs. Carrie Valdez, Dave Morris, Matt Martin and Babak Sarani.  Share laughs with the originators as you hear how it all started and how the program go...

Drs. Tatiana Cardenas and Lauren Dudas discuss pilonidal disease with Drs. Patrick McGonagill and Joga Ivatury.  Listen to hear about how to plan your acute intervention without being detrimental to definitive options, different excisional techniques and patient selection.  You’ll hear – pilonidal disease is about so much more than just “rearranging butt cracks!”

Drs. Jeremy Levin, Michal Radomski and Carrie Valdez discuss with Dr. Brad Dennis and Dr. Steven Weisbord contrast associated acute kidney injury – from the renal medulla to “renalism,” a discussion of clinical consequences, and much in between.  Should I adjust imaging order based on existing AKI?  Should risk of AKI alter imaging acquisition decision making in the trauma bay?  Are there strategi...

Drs. Shyam Murali, Rita Brintzenhoff and Lauren Dudas discuss POCUS with Drs. Sarah Murthi and Paula Ferrada.  Why is it so great? What are some tips for challenging image acquisition?  How can I get a program started?  Can my images get validated? And what is on the horizon?  Hear the answers to these questions and more with this animated group! Supplemental Material:Prospective evaluation of sur...

In this second installment of a three part series, Drs. Lauren Dudas and Lucy Ruangvoravat interview Drs. Carrie Valdez, JR Taylor and Erich Schafer, surgeons at designated level II-IV trauma centers.  Listen as they discuss their trauma system, schedules and their perspectives as rural trauma surgeons.  If you missed part one in the series, check out Traumacast #140!

Drs. Patrick McGonagill, Lauren Dudas and Carrie Valdez approach the challenge of managing necrotizing pancreatitis in a multidisciplinary discussion with acute care surgeon Dr. Jose Diaz, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeon Dr. Clancy Clark and advanced gastroenterologist Dr. Shyam Thakkar.  What are some of the intervention options? How might I approach it at my center? What are the long term c...

Guest moderator Dr. Brandon Parker joins Dr. Lauren Dudas to discuss strategies to prevent prehospital death – from the Florida program “Survive the Ride” to the Australia prehospital triage algorithm and some physiology in-between!  Guest speakers: Patricia Byers, MD, Kelsey Ensor, MD, Ben Meadley, PhD and Paul Pepe, MD.Supplemental Material: Survive The Ride Essenstial ECG – Gordon Center (miami...

Listen to the first author of the EAST PMG, Dr. Kodadek and pharmacist Jen Beavers discuss alcohol dependence – from identifying at risk patients to a review of treatment options.  Hosted by new guest moderators Drs. Jeremy Levin, Sam Tarras and Patrick McGonagill as well as Lauren Dudas. Supplemental Information:Kodadek, Lisa M., Jennifer J. Freeman, Devesh Tiwary, Mack Dillon Drake, M. Elizabeth...

Dr. Simon Fitzgerald, Dr. Lauren Dudas and Dr. Carrie Valdez discuss how things work on “the hill” with Dr. Joseph Sakran.  Hear an overview of how to transform an idea into policy or just how to get more involved.  Additionally, Dr. Sakran briefly reviews his year as a 2019-2020 RWJ Foundation Health Policy Fellow and how he lives his life to fulfill “purpose over position.”Supplemental Informati...

Join Drs. Simon Fitzgerald, Lauren Dudas and Carrie Valdez as they discuss the Mayo Clinic practice management guideline with Dr. Martin Zielinski and Dr. Henry Schiller.  We review their trauma group’s practice pattern and how their management has continued to progress since their paper was published. Supplemental Information:Nickerson TP, Zielinski MD, Jenkins DH, Schiller HJ. The Mayo Clinic ex...

Drs. Carrie Valdez and Lauren Dudas discuss the details about a geriatric trauma program with Dr. Ben Gayed and Kathy Smith.  What does it entail? What are the benefits? How can you get a program started at your institution?  The content of this podcast reflects the opinions of those involved not the institutions by which they are employed. Supplemental Information:American College of Surgeons – T...

Dr. Carrie Valdez hosts Drs. Alexandra Briggs, Avi Bhavaraju  and Ashley Meagher on our first Traumacast in our series on Rural Trauma.  Dr. Briggs is the chair of the Rural Trauma Ad Hoc Task Force for EAST.   For this Traumacast, the group focuses on the Level 1 trauma experience supporting our rural trauma centers- what are we doing well and what can we do better? Rural Trauma Care: Part 2 - Tr...

Welcome guest moderator Dr. Simon Fitzgerald as he and Dr. Carrie Valdez discuss "What have we learned about COVID-19?" with Drs. Matthew Martin, Kari Jerge, Bellal Joseph and Haytham Kaafrani. This episode was recorded as a vaccine was introduced in the shadow of our third national surge of COVID cases. We focus on updates in COVID management, future research and who should get the vacc...

Welcome Dr. Lauren Dudas, our next guest moderator, as she interviews Dr. Don Jenkins and Dr. Dan Grabo on whole blood.  Is it better than component transfusion? What would it take to start a program at your institution? What does the future hold for your transplant, ruptured AAA and OB patients?

Welcome back Dr. David Skarupa to the EAST Traumacast. Drs. Carrie Valdez, Aditi Kapil and Lucy Ruangvoravat dig deeper into complex vascular cases. David addresses additional considerations in the ICU and answers questions raised after his last appearance on Traumacast! 

Welcome Dr. David Skarupa to an EAST Traumacast on Vascular Trauma!  Dr. Carrie Valdez, Dr. Red Hoffman, and Dr. Firas Madbak pick Dr. Skarupa's brain on upper and lower extremity trauma, how to find the aorta and IVC - and can you REALLY ligate them?! - and what do we do for anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy! 

Join moderator Dr. Red Hoffman as she speaks with Drs. Callie Thompson and Lyndsay Deeter as well as veteran burn nurse Leslyn Wiese about the management of the burn patient.  They discuss how to work up the traumatically injured burn patient, things not to miss in electrical injuries, how to best deal with facial burns secondary to smoking on home oxygen and the challenges of dealing with deep se...

Join moderators Drs. Carrie Valdez and Red Hoffman as they speak with Drs. Matt Martin, Haj Reddy and Eddie Chao in New York City.  Recorded on April 14, 2020, this episode offers the latest updates on the care of the critically ill COVID patient.   We "round" with our three guests and discuss the management of each organ system.  References and ResourcesEAST COVID-19 Resources and Infor...

Join Drs. Valdez and Hoffman to discuss Palliative Care in the era of the COVID pandemic.  Dr. Hoffman lends her expertise and provides great resources linked below, including her podcast series on Surgical Palliative Care.  References and ResourcesSurgical Palliative Care podcast hosted by Dr. Red Hoffman - https://thesurgicalpalliativecarepodcast.buzzsprout.com/National POLST (Physician Orders f...

Join moderators Drs. Matt Martin, Carrie Valdez and Red Hoffman as they speak with Drs. Nick Mark, Sheldon Teperman and Alex Guerrero about the management of the critically ill patient during the COVID-19 Pandemic.  Nick shares his experience in Seattle and Sheldon and Alex share what is currently going on in New York City, the current epicenter of the pandemic.  They discuss the management of hyp...

Join Drs. Matt Martin, Carrie Valdez and Red Hoffman as they speak with EAST President Dr. A. Britton Christmas about the management of surgical patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.  They discuss the latest American College of Surgeons guidelines for Emergency General Surgery, safety in the operating room regarding airway management and laparoscopic procedures as well as thoughts on tracheostomi...

Dr. Melissa Red Hoffman interviews Dr. Anna Newcomb and Dr. Chris Michetti from Inova Fairfax Hospital, current and past presidents of the American Trauma Society, as well as two trauma survivors, John and Richard.  Their stories are inspiring; their work is awesome.  Links below for more information! Trauma Survivors NetworkAmerican Trauma Society