TamingtheSRU

Dr. Andrew Latimer walks us through the performance of a field amputation using the procedural kit made for Air Care and Mobile Care.

Dr. Jeffery Hill talks with Dr. Bill Hinckley about the most recent case in the Air Care and Mobile Care online flight physician orientation curriculum. The discussion centers on the sedation and intubation of a patient with severe TBI and blunt trauma, the decision to fly or take a patient by ground, and the post intubation management of TBI in the prehospital environment

Dr. Jeff Hill outlines a structured approach to case review originally described by Pat Croskerry, MD as a cognitive autopsy. Meant to aid in the identification of cognitive biases, it can be used in a formal peer review process or for ones own self-improvement as a way to strengthen your clinical decision making

Dr. Mike Steuerwald describes and demonstrates laryngoscopy techniques, with a special attention to the differences between standard geometry video laryngoscopy, hyper curved video laryngoscopy, and standard geometry direct laryngoscopy

Dr. Jeff Hill sits down with Dr. Bill Hinckley and Jason Peng to discuss the care of the patient described in the most recent Flight - a component of the Online Air Care and Mobile Care Flight Physician Orientation

Dr. Mike Steuerwald sits down with Josh Borkosky and Keith Widmeier of the UC Emergency Medicine Division of EMS to talk through the various educational opportunities for EMS providers locally and nationally

Dr. Mike Steuerwald sits down with Dr. Tyler Winders to discuss his review of hemoptysis, the definition of massive hemoptysis, and the management of patients with massive hemoptysis

EM-Neurointensivist Dr. Chris Zammit debates the use of ketamine for RSI in patients with moderate to severe TBI with Dr. Minh Le Cong. As an added bonus Dr. Hill is joined by Critical Care PharmD Chris Droege who gives an excellent background on the pharmacology and hemodynamic effects of ketamine

Dr. Hill breaks down the 3 most recent articles presented in journal club covering the assessment of fluid responsiveness. He also discusses the clinical application of several tools for assessing fluid responsiveness with EM-Intensivist, Dr. Adarsh Srivistava.

Dr. Hill sits down to talk with Bill Hinckley and Bill Knight about their involvement in the upcoming Social Media and Critical Care Conference (SMACC) conference.