In this 236th episode I welcome Dr. Katherine Hoops to the show to discuss her work with gun violence prevention. We discuss the horrific statistics around gun violence during the COVID pandemic, what can be done to try to prevent it, and what providers can do to help.
CME: Link
Random Recs:
We The People: Link
Stranger Things: Link
In this 125th episode I welcome Dr. Erik Smith to the show to discuss Abusive Head Trauma (formerly known as shaken baby syndrome). We discuss how victims present, what to look out for, how to manage their anesthesia, how to report, and how it can impact providers.
CME: https://earnc.me/iFmtNQ
References:
Christian, C. W., Block, R., Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, & American Academy of Pediatrics. (2009). Abusive Head Trauma in Infants and Children. PEDIATRICS, 123(5), 1409–1411. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2009-0408
Gazoni, F. M., Amato, P. E., Malik, Z. M., & Durieux, M. E. (2012). The Impact of Perioperative Catastrophes on Anesthesiologists. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 114(3), 596–603. https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0b013e318227524e
Kochanek, P. M., Tasker, R. C., Carney, N., Totten, A. M., Adelson, P. D., Selden, N. R., … Wainwright, M. S. (2019). Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Third Edition. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 20, S1–S82. https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000001735
Lee, J. K., Brady, K. M., & Deutsch, N. (2016). The Anesthesiologist’s Role in Treating Abusive Head Trauma. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 122(6), 1971–1982. https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000001298
Smith, E. B., Lee, J. K., Vavilala, M. S., & Lee, S. A. (2019). Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury and Associated Topics: An Overview of Abusive Head Trauma, Nonaccidental Trauma, and Sports Concussions. Anesthesiology Clinics, 37(1), 119–134. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ANCLIN.2018.10.002
Vavilala, M. S., Lee, L. A., & Lam, A. M. (2003). The lower limit of cerebral autoregulation in children during sevoflurane anesthesia. Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, 15(4), 307–312. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14508171
In this 123rd episode I welcome Andrew Merelman to the show. Andrew is a paramedic and medical student with an interest in emergent surgical airway management. We discuss the human factors involved in the procedure, when it is indicated, how to do it and how to practice.
CME: https://earnc.me/kFl0sc
References and Links:
Airway Ap information:
http://www.airwaycollaboration.org/
iOS – https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/the-airway-app/id1112657910?mt=8
Android- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.parse.airway&hl=en
3D printed models – https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12630-017-0926-9 Videos:
https://emcrit.org/emcrit/real-surgical-airway/
https://www.airmedicaljournal.com/article/S1067-991X(09)00037-6/fulltext
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3727957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5749220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20491685
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30173584
https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Citation/2012/09000/Is_bougie_aided_cricothyrotomy_really__extremely.42.aspx
In this episode, episode 86, I welcome Dr. Bob Sikorski back to the show to discuss thromboelastography (TEG) and thromboelastometry (ROTEM). We discuss how they work, what they tell us and how we can use them.
CME: https://earnc.me/hUuIFX
Example TEG:
