The World’s Okayest Medic Podcast

Dr. David Rayburn (Medical Director for New Orleans EMS) and Dr. Michael Kling joined the podcast to talk about cold blood product administration and other trauma topics. Listener discretion is advised.

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References:
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Baerman, J. M., Morady, F., DiCarlo, L. A., Jr., & de Buitleir, M. (1987). Differentiation of ventricular tachycardia from supraventricular tachycardia with aberration: Value of the clinical history. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 16(1), 40–43.

Brugada, J., et al. (2020). 2019 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with supraventricular tachycardia. European Heart Journal, 41(5), 655–720.

Dancy, M., Camm, A. J., & Ward, D. (1985). Misdiagnosis of chronic recurrent ventricular tachycardia. The Lancet, 2(8450), 320–323.

Ohlow, M. A., Beierlein, A., Müller, S., von Korn, H., Geller, J. C., Yu, J., & Lauer, B. (2005). Stabile Tachykardie mit breitem QRS-Komplex in der prähospitalen Notfallmedizin [Stable tachycardia with wide QRS complex in pre-hospital emergency medicine]. Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, 130(47), 2694–2698.

Steinman, R. T., Herrera, C., Schuger, C. D., & Lehmann, M. H. (1989). Wide QRS tachycardia in the conscious adult: Ventricular tachycardia is the most frequent cause. JAMA, 261(7), 1013–1016.
Stewart, R. B., Bardy, G. H., & Greene, H. L. (1986). Wide complex tachycardia: Misdiagnosis and outcome after emergent therapy. Annals of Internal Medicine, 104(6), 766–771.

Tchou, P., Young, P., Mahmud, R., Denker, S., Jazayeri, M., & Akhtar, M. (1988). Useful clinical criteria for the diagnosis of ventricular tachycardia. American Journal of Medicine, 84(1), 53–56.

Listener discretion is advised.

Reference:
Leggatt L, Van Aarsen K, Columbus M, Dukelow A, Lewell M, Davis M, McLeod S. Morbidity and Mortality Associated with Prehospital "Lift-assist" Calls. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2017 Sep-Oct;21(5):556-562.

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References:
Almallouhi, E., Al Kasab, S., Nahhas, M., Harvey, J. B., Caudill, J., Turner, N., & Holmstedt, C. A. (2020). Outcomes of interfacility helicopter transportation in acute stroke care. Neurology: Clinical Practice, 10(5), 422–427.

Bartos, J. A., Clare Agdamag, A., Kalra, R., et al. (2023). Supraglottic airway devices are associated with asphyxial physiology after prolonged CPR in patients with refractory Out-of-Hospital cardiac arrest presenting for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Resuscitation, 186, 109769.

Kashyap, R., Anderson, P. W., Vakil, A., Russi, C. S., & Cartin-Ceba, R. (2016). A retrospective comparison of helicopter transport versus ground transport in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 9.

Stewart, K., Garwe, T., Oluborode, B., Sarwar, Z., & Albrecht, R. M. (2020). Association of Interfacility Helicopter versus Ground Ambulance Transport and in-Hospital Mortality among Trauma Patients. Prehospital Emergency Care, 25, 620–628.

Wang, H. E., Jaureguibeitia, X., Aramendi, E., et al. (2022). Airway strategy and ventilation rates in the pragmatic airway resuscitation trial. Resuscitation, 176, 80–87.