Surgery 101

In this podcast Gaurang Joshi, a first year surgical resident at the University of Illinois in Chicago Metropolitian Group Hospitals, discusses Pulmonary Embolisms and Deep Vein Thrombosis.

After listening to this podcast you should be able to:

● Understand why the detection of PE is important

● Explain the pathophysiology of a PE

● Describe the clinical signs and presentation of a PE

● Recognize your Differential Diagnosis when suspecting a PE

● Know the treatment options

In this podcast Gaurang Joshi, a first year surgical resident at the University of Illinois in Chicago Metropolitian Group Hospitals, discusses Pulmonary Embolisms and Deep Vein Thrombosis.

After listening to this podcast you should be able to:

● Understand why the detection of PE is important

● Explain the pathophysiology of a PE

● Describe the clinical signs and presentation of a PE

● Recognize your Differential Diagnosis when suspecting a PE

● Know the treatment options

PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode on Acute Abdomen.

This week’s episode is brought to you by medical student, Megan Spafford from the University of Saskatchewan, who will be discussing how to approach and acute abdomen.

After listening to this podcast you should be able to:

This week's episode is brought to you by medical student, Megan Spafford from the University of Saskatchewan, who will be discussing how to approach and acute abdomen.

After listening to this podcast you should be able to:

1. Define the term "acute abdomen "

2. Review the clinical presentation and diagnostic approach to patients presenting with

   acute abdominal pain

3. Discuss critical aspects that may influence the management and timing of management

   of patients with an acute abdomen.

4. List the differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain

5. Develop an appropriate plan for the management of patients with acute abdominal pain

PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode on Trauma- Assessment and Resuscitation.

This weeks episode is brought to us by Jeyanth Inkaran a medical student at McMaster’s medical school. Jeyanth will discuss the neurosurgical wonder of intracranial vascular malformations

Learning objectives are as follows:

This weeks episode is brought to us by Jeyanth Inkaran a medical student at McMaster's medical school. Jeyanth will discuss the neurosurgical wonder of intracranial vascular malformations

Learning objectives are as follows:

1. What are the categories of vascular malformations and how do they typically present?
2. What are the treatment options and potential consequences? How do you choose an ideal treatment?
3. What imaging tools are useful for diagnosis?

PDF Notes for Surgery 101 episode on Trauma- Assessment and Resuscitation.

This is the 2nd episode in a 2-part series on dealing with trauma. This episode is brought to you by Tiffany Paradis, a 4th year medical student at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Today we will discuss how to manage a patient who has undergone a trauma. In the last episode, we looked at initial assessment and resuscitation, and in this episode we’ll look at the management of hemorrhage.

By the end of this podcast you should be able to: