92: Ventilation Basics
Sometimes it's good to go over the basics again. Doug gives us the run down on who needs vent management and how to get started.
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This show will attempt to extend the conversations and lectures normally found at the annual Special Operations Medical and Scientific Assembly. Topics will include; Prolonged Field Care, TC...
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91: Paralytics and Vent Management
Everyone knows how hard it is to do good ventilation management using our gear. If the patient is spontaneously breathing in any way it can...
90: Abdominal Trauma with Stacy Shackelford
With bleeding from the "Box" causing such a large portion of the potentially survivable deaths, can we go in there? A better question probab...
89: Getting and Giving Blood with Brad
We're beyond explaining that blood is better than water, when it comes to resus and trauma. Now let's start talking about HOW to do it bette...
88: Disposition
Usually, we are sending our patients to a higher level of care. What do you do with the patients you can't? Dennis and Ian go over a timely...
87: Analgesia and Sedation part deux
Jon does this for a living. Dennis discusses some more practical aspects of analgesia and sedation, such as how to assess for pain when your...
86: Optimize your patient for surgery
Sometimes our patients are too sick to recieve the care they need. Dennis and Mark discuss the decision points of who goes to surgery and wh...
85: Optimizing your patient for Evac
Dennis and the guys from the "Dustoff Medic podcast", discuss optimizing your patient for evacuation. We go over the common mistakes and som...
84: What if you can't descend? Altitude Illness in PFC
Sometimes it's not an easy decision to turn around and go home. I talk with Dr. Moon, about taking care of a patient with AMS, HAPE, and or...
83: Should we be using a pediatric BVM?
I discuss overventilation with Jeff. Should we be using a pediatric bvm?
82: Acute Kidney Injury
Dennis and Doug break down the pretty complex issue of dealing with an AKI in the austere environment.
81: Sepsis in the PFC environment
Dennis along with Doug and Justin discuss the latest PFC CPG on Sepsis Management in the austere environment.
80: Acute Abdomen
Dennis discusses the acute abdomen with Ian and Tim, but ER docs working in some very remote locations.
79: Expeditionary Medicine
Dennis discusses a recent trip to Antarctica with Ian and Tim.
78: Physical Therapy assessments
Dennis and Scott discuss what to do after the life threats have been addressed and the healing begins.
77: Nutrition in Critical Patients
Dennis talks with Mark on the importantce of nutrition in critically injuried patients.
76: Herniation Syndromes
Dennis and Dave deep dive into TBI and the various types of herniation. Hint...the most common is not the one we have been trained on.
75: SOM-C
Dennis talks with Josh and Jeremy about the Special Operations Medic Coalition, what they are doing for the community, and what's in store f...
74: MSK Trauma considerations
Dennis and Mark discuss considerations in MSK trauma in a PFC environment.
73: Military medics and their transition to civilian practice
This was a big one. Dennis, Evan, Ricky, and Brock all chimed in on the topic of SOF medics and the transition to civilian practice.