A 🧵 on STORMS in medicine.
First a question ❓️
PRAZOSIN is helpful in management of which among the following conditions❓️
💥Electrical storm
💥Cytokine storm
💥Thunderstorm Asthma
💥Thyroid storm
💥Parathyroid storm
💥Dystonic storm
💥Autonomic storm
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With hyper-angulated VL we are taught things like the Kovsc’s Sign* or the 50/50 rule**.
w/ HAVL visualization of cords is rarely the issue, rather it’s tube delivery.
Simply, the worse your view, the more success you should find with tube delivery.
But why…?
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Talk from #CCTMC23 and #FAST23 on why CCT crews should be able to initiate 'minimally invasive' arterial pressure monitoring on *certain* patients...
https://t.co/KjlBb5rszf
You've probably heard that Bicarbonate has to turn into CO2 to raise the pH. “Don’t give bicarb if you can’t increase ventilation.”
But how much CO2 is there in an amp of sodium bicarbonate?
A bicarb 🧵
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@joshkimbre@HandtevyMD Plus @joshkimbre aside from the high possibility of the small volume getting lost in the hub you will need 1ml syringes with Luer locks at the end. Trying to administer 0.1ml with a tubirculin syringe will not end well…
‘VT’ versus ‘SVT with aberrancy’.
The long list of VT "suggestive" ECG features is difficult to recall and apply in real time.
How can we simplify things?
Here is my ABCDE approach – five simple Qs to ask:
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Next up, another high yield pair of ICU #OnePagers: an approach to undifferentiated shock & an overview of methods to assess volume responsiveness.
Prehospital #EMS#COVID19 Pointers:
THREAD
🔹Preox via nasal cannula under surgical mask > nasal cannula under non rebreather
🔹Utilize patients MDI in asthma/COPD patients if possible
🔸All nebulizer treatments should be via breath actuated nebulizers
Amazing day of joint training with magen_david_adom at the International Hatzalah conference and totally humbled to be invited to speak!! #mdahatz2019#internationalems#emt#paramedic https://t.co/mfqYt3jZE9
Amazing day of joint training with magen_david_adom at the International Hatzalah conference and totally humbled to be invited to speak!!
#mdahatz2019#internationalems#emt#paramedic https://t.co/eMBFcdyU0d
Amazing hyper-realistic CME last night... Got to practice SALAD and Kiwigrip intubation...
“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice”
#kiwigrip… https://t.co/OKPsTp92x1
https://t.co/N9tk8Yp9Fq
Ive only just come across this excellent article by @DitchDoc14 and its considered discussion about ketamine use. I expect most others have already seen it.. if not, READ IT.
On behalf of myself and the entire executive management team, I wish you and your families a very Happy Thanksgiving. As we officially begin the holiday season, we are all reminded of the… https://t.co/n3bFrDsVtj