Running a Code

Join the EMGuideWire crew as they discuss some tips and pearls on how to skillfully run a medical resuscitation. Pearls Preparation is everything. Get your staff, and get your stuff!  Call out names, be redundant, and say what you are thinking out loud.  Don’t go for the tube! Supraglottic airways are quicker and safer!  High quality compressions are life saving.  V-tach and V-fib are usually ischemic. PEA is usually non-cardiac.  PEA? Is it Wide or Narrow? Narrow - think procedural. Wide - think chemical. Ultrasound is your friend. RV strain, pericardial tamponade, and pneumothorax can all be quickly found! Wide complex (but not V-tach) is hyperkalemia until proven otherwise. Provide Calcium Chloride (not gluconate).  Summarized by Travis Barlock, MD PGY-1

Om Podcasten

Join the faculty and residents of Carolinas Emergency Medicine Residency Program, one of the oldest programs in the country, as they explore some of the Core Concepts of Emergency Medicine as well as many of the niche environments of this important arena of specialty care.