May 2010

Further Comments on Pain Protocol

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Dr. Ed Gentile was asked how diphenhydramine got into the pain protocol. He responded in an email.

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EMCrit Lecture – Dominating the Vent: Part I

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When I was a resident, every vent lecture either put me to sleep or left me dazed and bewildered. I gave a lecture of that ilk when I started working after fellowship–I had become part of the problem. I decided there must be a way to make vent management more understandable and if not interesting, at least bearable.

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Vent Handout

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This post is just to place the vent handout into itunes.

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EMCrit Podcast 26 – Patient Controlled Analgesia by Edward Gentile

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Even when we can’t cure a patient, we can relieve suffering. On average, we kind of stink at pain control in the ED. One physician, Dr. Ed Gentile, has created a simple path to optimal acute pain control in the ED. I heard this lecture on the EM:RAP podcast and got permission from Drs. Gentile and Herbert to repost it here. This is not a critical care topic per se, but it is applicable to the critically ill, the non-critically ill–basically any patient who is in pain in the ED.

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ERCast Podcast

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Rob Orman has a fantastic podcast called the ERCast. You can also search for “ercast” on itunes. He was kind enough to have me on his latest episode. Check it out if you like.

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Service Update – How to get old episodes into Itunes

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I received a bunch of emails asking how to get the old episodes into itunes. I expanded the RSS feed to include them, now you just need to bring them into itunes, this 40 second video shows you how.

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