FOAMfrat Podcast

In this episode we dissect the science behind chest compression's, restoring vascular gradient, and making chest compressions sexy. Nothing ground breaking.. just some good mental images next time you assume the most important position of a cardiac arrest.

I saw my whole life flash before my eyes........... Thanks ACLS.

Sam Ireland concludes his lecture with two more MUST KNOW ventilator settings. Make sure you listen to podcast #1 and # 11 following this lecture. Hope you enjoy!

Imagine you had to set up the ventilator setting for your first love.. your mom! Are you up to the task? If not, why should anyone else trust you with their family? Sam Ireland puts ventilator management into perspective in this powerful lecture at the 2015 Lifestar Critical Care Conference.

Why do we classify all obstruction patients into the same vent settings?! The mechanisms behind the obstruction is vastly different, and subsequently some of the vent settings will be as well. In this podcast I create two subcategories of the "obstructive" approach, and discuss how the pathophysiology behind the illness is the key to understanding when to apply PEEP.

The entire purpose of this podcast is to serve as a place to send knowledge thirsty people after they wake up from under their rock, and ask why we prefer Rocoronium over Succinylcholine in 2017. Feel free to guide people to the watering hole of modern medicine.

You learn a lot of interesting things while teaching ACLS renewal classes.... This podcast serves as a mountain for me to shout my opinion on treating atrial fibrillation. The majority of these patients DONT need rate control... they need volume.

Yellow, hypotensive and a big belly full of fluid! Liver failure patients can be a sedation/hemodynamic nightmare. Use these tips and tricks to customize the sedation package based on the patients condition. Low serum proteins = low drug binding. The usual dose of sedatives can be deleterious to the patient in hepatic failure.

Does your patient have an increase in hydrostatic pulmonary pressure, or a loss of oncotic pulmonary pressure? Not all pulmonary edema patients need all the same treatments.

If you transport sick patients, you may come across the drug epoprostenol (Flolan). Lifestar Critical Care Coordinator, Sam Ireland I discuss the NEED TO KNOW facts when transporting a patient receiving this therapy. Don't let this drug surprise you!