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Cutting down the knowledge-translation window in prehospital, emergency medicine and critical care education. Art + Education

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Most people overthink cardiac axis.

It should be part of every 12-lead interpretation, yet it's one of the first things people skip.

Does axis make it into your ECG workflow?

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Check out our live class line up for this week. We're going to have a short week this week with classes only on Monday and Tuesday. Then we're taking some time off for summer break. No classes Wednesday through Friday this week.

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New class now available in Studio!

Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is often treated as a single rhythm, but it's actually a group of different tachycardias that can look nearly identical on the ECG.

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Understanding the phases of diastole starts with understanding lusitropy.

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Where's your FOAMfrat sticker?! 🤔

Show us the most creative place you've put your FOAMfrat sticker for a chance to win a FOAMfrat Pocket Guide Pack.

Click the link below to enter! Competition closes this Sunday, June 28th, at 10:00am CDT.

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Join Brittany as she discusses the foundational elements of medication math including history, issues faced with medication administration, units of measurement, unit conversions, and dimensional analysis.

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Don’t miss the NEW live Geriatric Trauma class tomorrow! Join Sam in exploring the process of becoming “vintage” and how that process impacts trauma systems of care!

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Check out this week's live schedule! We have three new classes this week! From tocometry to trauma, and even med math too! We really stacked the week! See you in class!

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Between the Lines Part 2 tomorrow!

Join Wes as he builds on the fetal monitoring interpretation discussed in Part 1, and transitions from waveform recognition to clinical decision making and interventions.

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Sometimes it's the easiest fixes that can make life the hardest!

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The FOAMfrat team had a blast putting on our 8 hour trauma course (Blood, Air, & Brain) at the annual Swamp Rabbit Prehospital Medical Conference in South Carolina. Thanks for the hospitality Prisma Health EMS.

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Do you know what a normal APGAR score is?

APGAR scores should be completed at 1 and 5 minutes after birth. Abnormal findings direct the clinician's next few steps to promote an improving score in the moments that follow.

What do you do use to remember the APGAR score?

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In order to be proficient at understanding the abnormal findings on a 12-lead, it's important to first understand what the normal ones actually look like.

What's your approach to reading 12-leads?

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Exploring Evidence Episode 5 now available on Studio!

This episode discusses recent evidence on:
-Location of prehospital intubation
-Ketamine vs. etomidate for RSI
-Post-intubation hypotension in severe TBI

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Check out our schedule for June 15th through June 19th!

No classes on Monday or Friday. See you in class!

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The challenge is not eliminating risk altogether but understanding it well enough to make better decisions when it matters most. This course explores the principles of risk management in emergency and high-acuity environments.

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This week we provided an ultrasound class for Marshfield Medical Center. We covered important clinical questions such as “Does my patient have a pneumo?” and “Is this tachycardia compensatory?”. We are looking forward to the next one on June 24th in Eau Claire, WI.

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POP quiz!
What is the smallest part of the pediatric airway?

What is something that you change with your approach when you're dealing with a pediatric airway?

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Ideal body weight (IBW) is calculated based on height and gender.

Tidal volumes are one of many things that we use in medicine that is based off of this IBW calculation.