Comments for EM Basic http://embasic.org Your Boot Camp Guide to Emergency Medicine Sun, 19 May 2013 20:41:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on iTunes by EM Basic http://embasic.org/itunes/#comment-937 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:41:55 +0000 http://embasic.org/?page_id=410#comment-937 Salamas

Sorry I didn’t reply sooner- your comment slipped through the cracks. Thanks for listening and thanks for commenting. I am glad you find the podcast useful- that is why I do them!

I can tell you I have an episode coming out tomorrow reviewing the PERC rule- stay tuned.

Thanks again for commenting

Steve

]]> Comment on Seizures by EM Basic http://embasic.org/2013/04/29/seizures/#comment-936 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:40:26 +0000 http://embasic.org/?p=490#comment-936 Hey Max

After putting the question out there to Twitter- the consensus is that everyone I talked to said the concern over local complications is far outweighed by the benefit of terminating the seizure. The study that you referenced was using 7.5% saline (not sure if that makes a difference) and the complications were days afterwards. In the case of a critically ill patient with hyponatermia who was seizing and I couldn’t get IV access, I would place an IO, push enough hypertonic saline to get the seizure to stop, and then place a central line. The central line is necessary in the inpatient treatment of hyponatermia to give more hypertonic saline because it can sclerose peripheral veins if given long term. I wouldn’t leave an IO in for a long time to give the hypertonic saline- just as a bridge until I got central access.

Thanks for commenting and bringing that point up- I always welcome different views and opinions!

Steve

]]> Comment on Seizures by Neurology Resources for Medical Students (2/2) - Manu et Corde http://embasic.org/2013/04/29/seizures/#comment-931 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:01:11 +0000 http://embasic.org/?p=490#comment-931 […] awesome podcast, set of shownotes and links from EM Basic “Seizures”. Thanks Lauren for the tip off. […]

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]]> Comment on Eye Complaints by Eve http://embasic.org/2013/01/22/eye-complaints/#comment-929 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:06:52 +0000 http://embasic.org/?p=460#comment-929 Thanks Steve! Just finishing up our preclerkship block in optho and this was a really helpful resource.

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]]> Comment on Seizures by Max http://embasic.org/2013/04/29/seizures/#comment-908 Thu, 09 May 2013 00:31:06 +0000 http://embasic.org/?p=490#comment-908 I have always been under the impression that the administration of hypertonic saline via the IO route was contraindicated for fear of “high rate of local complications,” as in this study:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11791047

It has also been recommended against by Dr. Jeff Guy (ICU Rounds podcast), at least in his book Pharmacology for the Prehospital Professional.

As always, thanks for the podcast and keep up the good work!

]]> Comment on iTunes by salamas http://embasic.org/itunes/#comment-876 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:20:01 +0000 http://embasic.org/?page_id=410#comment-876 hi Steve I am a pulmonology-critical care physician &I have just came by your podcast a couple of days ago & found it to be very informative on a range of different topics covering what’s most important , the most common & most dangerous … waiting for your episodes

]]> Comment on Contact by EM Basic http://embasic.org/contact/#comment-864 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:19:40 +0000 http://embasic.org/?page_id=29#comment-864 Scott,

Thanks for the message and thanks for listening. Please feel free to tell anyone and everyone about the podcast- referrals from clerkship directors such as yourself help spread the word about the podcast and get more listeners. I am always appreciative of new referrals.

Are you at Scott and White in the Temple area or is there another hospital closer to College Station (you had mentioned College Station). I am currently working in the Fort Hood area so I am close by. Either way- I am trying to get experience giving grand rounds presentations so if you have any space on your schedule, I would love to come out and give a talk. Drop me a line at steve@embasic.org if that is a possibility.

Thanks again

Steve

]]> Comment on Contact by Scott wieters http://embasic.org/contact/#comment-863 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:16:31 +0000 http://embasic.org/?page_id=29#comment-863 Steve this is Scott wieters. I am the medical student clerkship director at Texas A&M University College of medicine at Scott and White Hospital system. My first taste of emergency medicine was granted by the fine folks at BAMC when I was a medical student in San Antonio back in the 1990s. I stumbled across your website and am blown away. I’m always trying to reinvent the wheel and get better Information communicated to my rotating medical students. I’ve used my own lectures and others. I’m always interested in better ways of doing things. The obvious next step given the way this new generation learns, are podcasts. Most of what I’ve seen is been far too advanced for med student information. But yours hits the nail right on the head. Can I have permission to send links of your podcasts on basic emergency medicine topics to my medical students? You and others like you are the future of medical education. Thanks for being a trailblazer!

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