Patients with severe aortic stenosis who present with acute decompensated heart failure are among the most challenging patients to resuscitate. In this podcast, we discuss the pearls and pitfalls in managing both the hypertensive and hypotensive patient with severe AS and acute heart failure.
You can get CME credit for this episode here!Click here for CME Account Creation InstructionsAirway guru Dr. Ken Butler joins us for this podcast to discuss some great pearls and pitfalls in intubating patients with physiologic derangements that place that at high-risk for peri-intubation catastrophes. If you intubate patients in your ED you simply CAN’T miss this episode! Download Companion HandoutDownload You can get CME credit for this episode here!Click here for CME Account Creation Instructions ...
ED Pharmacist extraordinaire Jill Logan joins CCPEM to discuss the use of high-dose nitroglycerin in patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema. Is it safe? How much can, and should, you give during the initial resuscitation of these sick patients? Download Companion HandoutDownload You can get CME credit for this episode here Click here for CME Account Creation Instructions ...
The use of tranexamic acid (TXA) has markedly increased since the results of the CRASH-II trial were published. In addition to its use in trauma, TXA has been evaluated and used in numerous other conditions, including post-partum hemorrhage and epistaxis. Recently, the HALT-IT Trial was published online in the Lancet, which evaluated the use of TXA in patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding. In this podcast we discuss the HALT-IT Trial and its implications for clinical practice. Download Companion HandoutDownload You can get CME credit for this episode here!Click here for CME Account Creation Instructions ...