Ventilator management in the ED with Laurel Murphy

Master of disaster, Dr. John Armstrong, discusses all things mass casualty. How to prepare your system, your ED, your team, and yourself for managing mass casualty events.For more FOAM resus related content head to www.theresuscourse.com

When should we worry about burns? Which patients get sick? Who needs to be intubated? What is the right amount of fluid? In this podcast, Dr. Jack Rasmussen, plastic surgeon, critical care physician and burn expert, answers all of these questions and more. If you want to hear more from Jack on burns, check out his Trauma NS webinar here: Burn webinarFor more FOAM resus related content head to www.theresuscourse.com

In this podcast, Dr. Sean Hurley and I discuss an approach to management of penetrating neck trauma. How and when to intubate, hard and soft signs of injury, and a practical approach to investigation and management of airway, vascular and digestive tract injury.For more FOAM resus related content head to www.theresuscourse.com

Not all cardiac arrests are alike. In this podcast Dr. Nick Sowers and I explore the unique nature of traumatic cardiac arrest. How to prepare, what interventions you need to do, when to perform a resuscitative thoracotomy and more. And if your looking for more content from Nick on traumatic arrest, check out his trauma NS webinar here.For more FOAM resus related content head to www.theresuscourse.com

Shared goals, shared knowledge and mutual respect. In this podcast, Dr. Eve Purdy and I, discuss relational coordination. How do our relationships impact our teamwork in resuscitation, and how can we optimize relational dynamics to get the best performance from our resus teams.For more FOAM resus related content head to www.theresuscourse.com

After the endotracheal tube is in, and the high-fives are done, what do you do with the ventilator? Dr. Laurel Murphy and I discuss initial vent settings, special considerations for the patient with obstructive lung disease or severe metabolic acidosis, and what to do when the vent alarms.For more FOAM Resus related content head to www.theresuscourse.com

Trauma care goes behind the resuscitation at the bedside. Patient outcomes rely on the function of the entire trauma system. In this podcast, Drs. Rob Green and Sean Hurley, talk about what constitutes a trauma team activation, who should get extra consideration, when to involve the trauma system in patient care, and what happens after the patient leaves the ED.For more FOAM Resus related content head to www.theresuscourse.com

In this podcast, Dr. George Kovacs and I discuss all things video laryngoscopy: types of devices, variation in technique, use of a bougie and more. For more FOAM resus related content head to www.theresuscourse.com

In this podcast, Dr. Hana Wiemer breaks down neonatal resuscitation in the ED. How to prepare for what happens after a delivery in the ED; we discuss airway management, medications and more.For more FOAM resus related content, head to www.theresuscourse.com

Toxicologist Dr. Caitlin Wolfe is back to talk about how to manage digoxin toxicity. When to use the antidote and how to dose it, how to manage dysrhythmias and that pesky hyperkalemia. For more FOAM resus related content, head to www.theresuscourse.com