We’re back with a podcast on…dizziness!  We see dizziness it a LOT in the ED. This is a chief complaint where we have to be on the lookout for the serious causes of dizziness among the avalanche of the not-so-serious causes of dizziness. First- what does the patient mean by “I feel dizzy”? This seems like a silly question because just about everyone has felt “dizzy” before but if you get it wrong, you’ll go down the completely wrong diagnostic path.

One small self-promotion- The new academic year is just about to start so if you like the podcast, please tell your colleagues, classmates, and especially the new medical students and interns.

Below the dizziness podcast is a link to a supplemental episode.  Since I refer to the neuro exam from the headache episode, I decided to take that part of the episode and make a supplement so you can review the “5 minute ED neuro exam.”  Let me know if there are any other topics that you would like me to make into a supplement like this.

Dizziness podcast

Neuro exam supplement

Dizziness Show Notes (Word Format)

Dizziness Show Notes (PDF)

Here are the show notes for Trauma Resuscitation Part 2

Trauma Resuscitation Part 2- interventions (Word Format)

Trauma Resuscitation Part 2- interventions (PDF)

For the second part of trauma resuscitation, we’ll discuss the various interventions that you may have to accomplish in the trauma bay. The first part is a continuation from the first episode and talks about the EFAST exam- a vital part of the secondary survey. The second part discusses the control of massive extremity hemorrhage and how to intervene on any airway, breathing, or circulation issue in the trauma bay.

The show notes may take a while for this episode so I can get some good graphics.  I’ll make another post when they are available.

Trauma Resuscitation Part 2- Interventions

Mentioned during the podcast- the ultrasound app and podcast.  If you want great videos on how to do great ultrasounds in the ED, check them out

The One Minute Ultrasound App– free at the iTunes app store

The Ultrasound podcast– also free at iTunes

The show notes for Trauma resuscitation part 1 are complete.  Here are the download links

Show notes (Word format)

Show notes (PDF)

Being able to run an effective trauma resuscitation is a necessary skill for any emergency medicine provider.  In part 1 of this 2 part series, I’ll go over how to properly assess a trauma patient who arrives to the ED.  We’ll go over how to prepare for the patient’s arrival, how to perform the primary and secondary surveys, how to make sure we get a good report from the EMS crew, and how to avoid the pitfalls during these first few crucial minutes in the care of a trauma patient.

The bonus section is a rant on why you should get your trauma patients off the backboard as soon as possible.

Trauma Resuscitation Part 1- the evaluation

Show notes (Word format)

Show notes (PDF)