trauma
Intubating the Hypotensive Trauma Patient
We often times recognize a successful intubation as passing the tube through the cords. In reality, there’s a lot more to it than just that.
December 5, 2020
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Crystalloid Fluids 101
Everyone in medicine knows about IV fluids, but not everybody knows what they actually are and why certain ones are used. The most common ones
November 24, 2020
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trauma
Pump Up that Balloon Before Your Patient is Doomed: REBOA in Trauma
Hemorrhage is the leading cause of death in trauma. Patients with intra abdominal, pelvic, or intrathoracic hemorrhages have an extremely high mortality rate. Prehospital providers
November 8, 2020
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STEMI Equivalents: De Winter’s T Waves
This is our second installment of STEMI Equivalents. Check out our first one on Wellen’s Syndrome. So let’s get started! De Winter’s T waves are
October 27, 2020
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Is This a STEMI? ECG Changes in TBI and Increased ICP Patients
For those who wish to watch on YouTube: When it comes to ECGs, you know that we highly recommend them for pretty much every single
October 12, 2020
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Should We Abandon Pharmacological Interventions in our Cardiac Arrest Patients?
This article was written for adult cardiac arrest patients which are non-traumatic and cardiac related, When we have a patient in cardiac arrest, what is
October 3, 2020
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Hyperventilation in Cardiac Arrest
Have you ever been working a cardiac arrest and noticed your partner or another responder is squeezing the BVM (Bag Valve Mask) a little to
September 30, 2020
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A Systematic Approach to Interpreting a 12 Lead ECG
If you want to watch the YouTube video on this post check out the video below. Before we get into how to read a 12
September 24, 2020
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Ketamine Use in the Prehospital Setting
Ketamine? What is it? What’s it used for? Where did it even come from? Ketamine is a pharmacological drug that was discovered in 1962 and
September 15, 2020
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