One of the most frequent questions medical students get is “How did you get into medical school?” or “What can I do to get into medical school?” The reality is that there is no magic formula or silver bullet to get into medical school. Today, we’ll discuss the top undergraduate

What are push dose pressors, and how do they work? When we have a patient who is hypotensive, either in the peri-intubation period or post-cardiac arrest, one of the primary things we need to manage is blood pressure. When a patient is hypotensive (SBP <90 mmHg) in either of these

Joining the podcast today is current second year medical student Michael Defilippo. Mike worked as a paramedic for more than four year prior to entering medical school. He joins us today with insights and recommendations for surviving the first year of medical school, as well as what it is like

This is the first EMS week special episode of the medschoolmedic podcast. Today the MSM “Clinical Guy” Dan Schwester (@doctorgoodleg) joins us to discuss the future of paramedicine, and what we can do to change how we teach EMS. Dan has been a paramedic and field training officer for many

MSM Podcast Ep 003 DL and VL Show Notes In EMS medicine, the debate has begun as to whether we should use direct laryngoscopy or video laryngoscopy to secure our patient’s airways. As with many things in emerging data, the evidence is inconclusive, but is ever progressing. To begin, we

EMS is a field that tends to gravitate toward new and exciting products. One of the most prevalent fields of advancement has been CPR devices. All over the world, EMS agencies are buying these devices at a significant cost, and yet we see no appreciable improvement in outcomes. These devices

MSM Show Notes Ep 002 The AHCA and EMS There has been a lot of coverage and information coming out over the past couple of days regarding President Trump’s healthcare act, the American Health Car Act. This act claims to have the goals of making healthcare more affordable for more

There has been some interesting debate in the past couple weeks in the #FOAMed community about the proper sequence to deliver RSI medications. Specifically, the debate centers around whether to administer Ketamine or Rocuronium first when performing RSI. Rocuronium is a non-depopmarizing paralytic that has an onset time of approximately

Hey there MSMers! This is the first episode of the medschoolmedic podcast! Today’s episode discusses evidence-based medicine, what it is and why we need it. Since it’s beginning, medicine has worked under the guise of “eminence-based medicine”. This consisted of following established protocols because “it’s what we’ve always done.” Evidence-based

Hey everybody! Medschoolmedic.com is coming to the airwaves! This is an introductory episode explaining what the topic of the MSM pod will be, and where we’ll go from here. Stay tuned, and see you here on Fridays for the MSM podcast!