Drs. Mike and Mike join Ed to discuss updates in prehospital stroke care. Are we using the right stroke scale for our patients? Are we taking them to suitable hospitals? The gang discusses stroke care in 2023 and where we can go from here.
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Episode 72: Prehospital Burn Care
Ed and Dan are back, this time talking about care of burn patients outside of the hospital. Burn injuries are high-acuity, low occurrence events (HALO), and it’s easy to miss things that may have a bigger impact on your patient than previously thought.
We talk about initial basic care, why wet dressings are bad for anything more than a very small burn, fluid resuscitation and the drama that surrounds it, and pain management (in a word, YES).
Dr. Peter Antevy comes in with a Pedatric Pearl, as well…
Episode 9-ALS or BLS?
We take a look at the age-old controversy….ALS or BLS? What works? What doesn’t? And what may be the future of EMS?