In this weeks podcast we are going to take a look at something we haven’t done here at FlightBridgeED. Let us invest in our own personal pursuit to greatness. Often times in our life and career, we have times of growth and times of stagnant, unproductive growth. Why is that? Why do we start out […]
Neo-Sticks – Push Dose Pressors in RSI
In this weeks podcast release we discuss the new concept being looked at in the HEMS industry of push dose pressors in the RSI procedure. For years, anesthesiology has been giving push dose pressors, primarily (Phenylephrine) Neo-synephrine in the operating room during surgery and the RSI procedure to combat the loss of vascular tone secondary […]
Do We Understand Oxygenation?
The Oxyhemoglobin Dissociation Curve can be confusing… However, it’s an essential aspect to understanding oxygen physiology in critical care. Think of it as a “Manual for Dating”. In a healthy relationship you have a good date, really like that person, but don’t mind dropping them off after an evening out because you know you’ll see them […]
Henry’s Law – Fixing Hypoxia! Huh?
Understanding how to positively make changes with our patients suffering from refractory hypoxia is essential in the prehospital and emergency medicine realm. From the start of our clinical training, we were taught to apply oxygen to all of our patients. As we’ve progressed through the education process and broadened our careers, we’ve learned that oxygenation […]
Hemodynamic Compromise in Trauma
Dead space is something we need to always look at and calculate when dealing with our ventilator patients. We can calculate dead space in 2 different ways. 1. 1 mL/pound of ideal body weight (neonates, pediatrics, small adults) 2. 150 mL/breath (normal sized adults) Understanding the difference between minute ventilation (VE) and alveolar minute ventilation […]