December 2009

EMCrit Podcast 16 – Coding Asthmatic, DOPES, & Finger Thoracostomy

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Hi folks, Sorry about the voice–got a cold off those damn ED keyboards Thanks to my friend Reuben, this week we’ll talk about the asthmatic patient that codes while on the vent The DOPE mnemonic gives you a path to figure out why a patient is desaturating (If anyone knows who created the DOPE mnemonic, [...]

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EMCrit Podcast 15 – the Severe Asthmatic

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Don’t intubate the severe asthmatic, try NIV first continue the nebs on the NIV obviously they need steroids and throw in Mag does ketamine work? maybe… If you intubate, Ron Walls says add lidocaine to your sedative and paralytic if you put them on the vent make sure your plateau pressure stays below 30 cm [...]

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