RAGE SESSION THREE

Just in time for smaccGOLD, RAGE Session Three is here!

It is 67 min 53 sec long and includes:

* Introduction, including an ERCAST shout out and apologies from Haney… (starts 00:00 min)

* ‘What’s bubbling up?’ (starts 01:30 min) — shout outs and interesting discoveries from the world of FOAM and elsewhere featuring pre-hospital spinal immobilisation, astronaut Chris Hadfield, ‘Mistakes were made’, EMA’s 25th anniversary edition and the need to tailor blood pressure targets to the individual.

* the RAGE team discussing acute  life-threatening asthma (starts 15:52  min)

* the RAGE team discussing ‘Medical Reversal’ (starts 52:52 min)

* ‘A blast from the past’ by Karel Habig on ‘Ether Day’ and the origins of general anaesthesia (starts 63:42 min)

* ‘Words of Wisdom’ featuring a quote from Cliff Reid’s role model, and some other guy (starts 66:32 min)

The RAGE podcast is on  iTunes here and the RAGE podcast audio feed is available here. Here are the show notes for RAGE Session Three:

Introduction

* How to run a code (ERCast)

* RAGEback: Minh Le Cong, Verapamil and SVT (RAGE Podcast)

What’s bubbling up?

* Connor D, Greaves I, Porter K, Bloch M; consensus group, Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care. Pre-hospital spinal immobilisation: an initial consensus statement. Emerg Med J. 2013 Dec;30(12):1067-9. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2013-203207. PubMed PMID: 24232011; The Telegraph — Firemen cut roof off police car; Pre-hospital spinal immobilisation: an initial consensus statement (PHARM); Progress in prehospital spinal injury management (ScanCrit)

* An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth

* Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me)

* EMA Journal Silver Anniversary Edition, with links to all the free full text articles (LITFL)

* Panwar R, Lanyon N, Davies AR, Bailey M, Pilcher D, Bellomo R. Mean perfusion pressure deficit during the initial management of shock–an observational cohort study. J Crit Care. 2013 Oct;28(5):816-24. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2013.05.009. Epub 2013 Jul 10. PubMed PMID: 23849541.

Life-threatening severe asthma

* Acute Severe Asthma (LITFL CCC)

* Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and asthma (LITFL CCC)

* Bronchospastic Blood Pressure Badness  (LITFL Case-based Q&A)

* Heliox (LITFL CCC)

* Management of the Severe Asthmatic in the ED (EMCrit)

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