The FlightBridgeED Podcast

In this episode of The FlightBridgED Podcast, Eric and Dave Olvera carve out some time while they are on the road to talk about airway management preparation strategies. Dave has invested many years of his professional career investigating, and researching, among other important projects, how to best optimize intubation success. For as long as I can remember, we have used difficult airway predictors in our field practice, such as LEMON(S), to help prepare for eventualities when placing an endotracheal tube. Dave and his colleagues have determined that those predictors are great, but may not be as applicable to field intubations. With mountains of research at hand the HEAVEN criteria was created, along with best-practice strategies for increasing intubation success in an ever-changing environment. Join us for this episode as Eric and Dave discuss HEAVEN criteria and more! Download, rate, and review wherever you get your podcast. Each review is so important to our success. Your reviews on iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher, or other platforms help to make us a recommended podcast so we are more visible, and easily discovered. If you believe in the value of what FlightBridgeED brings in this podcast, please take a few minutes and write a short review. We couldn’t make this podcast without you!

In this episode of The FlightBridgED Podcast, Eric Bauer, Mike Verkest, and Tyler Christifulli gather around to discuss some of the industry's current patient care fallacies… and facts! When we learn new concepts, we often find ourselves joining the bandwagon, or joining the misfits. Not all concepts are grounded in fact, and those that are grounded in fact should have their source evaluated before taking it as gospel. In our exciting age of free, open access to think, discuss, and discover it’s also important to learn responsibly! Join the guys as they take on some of the largest elephants in the room in this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast. Download, rate, and review wherever you get your podcast. Remember that reviews are key to keeping us high on the charts where your friends and colleagues can find us easily. We couldn’t make this podcast without you! Thanks so much for listening.

While safety in, and around the aircraft is of paramount importance it is also equally important to train for what happens when safety turns into survival. We have all attended survival training in some form, or fashion. How was your experience? If you’re like most, you unfortunately get run through a quick day of training just to check the box. In the face of life, and death there is certainly a box waiting for you to check, but why not choose to survive? You are choosing life when you demand serious, quality survival training. Join us in this episode as we talk with Chief Flight Nurse, Deb Witte, and Chief Flight Paramedic, Nathan Morreale, from AirMed at the University of Utah Health to talk about a program they developed to teach, test, and overcome in an emergency survival situation. Download, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts. Remember reviews are key to keeping us high on the charts so your friends and colleagues can find us. Thank you for listening to The FlightBridgeED Podcast.

We have all been trained to make the numbers “normal” for so many years, that it seems so unnatural to leave a number alone. It’s like a terrible itch that we have to scratch, and we feel satisfaction when we finally optimize our patient’s ETCO2 by shoving it right back to 40 mmHg. We take off our work boots, and strap on our favorite running shoes as we run headlong chasing numbers into oblivion. What if we told you that what you are doing could be considered… murder? Maybe the patient is already dead… Join Eric in this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast as we learn how to troubleshoot an out-of-sorts ETCO2 with the 3 P’s of ETCO2. Download, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts! Remember that reviews are the key to our future success and the intelligence of your peers by keeping us high on the charts where people can find us more easily. We love making this podcast, and we thank you, our listeners, so much for being the reason we get to come to work!

A spark of twisted smoke and fire ignites into a blazing inferno of charring flame. Amid the flickering light, a man suffers in the terrifying grip of heat and hellish pain. The flight crew is tenuously attempting to rip the patient out of death’s mouth and bring him back from the roaring mouth of oblivion. Will he be saved? How will his care be rendered? Are the old ways the best ways? Join us for the death-defying answer in this Nightmare Series episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast.

Intra-aortic Balloon Pump Counterpulsation therapy is a miracle of modern science that has roots going to the 1960’s. We have come a long way since those days and now, although not a high-volume request, flight crews are regularly transporting patients with these lifesaving devices in place. Because this service is not a high-volume request, it’s very important to ensure you understand how an IABP works, what the numbers mean, and how you can help and hinder mechanical function through the use of medications. Did you know that by giving a medication you believe could help stabilize your patient’s blood pressure, you may be potentiating the deficit the patient’s weak, and fragile heart is already experiencing? Download and join us as Eric Bauer takes us through the IABP Pearls. If you love what you are hearing from us, please take a moment and review our show on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your review could mean the difference in others like you hearing this information, or not. Be a part of building the future of pre-hospital, critical care, and emergency medicine!

Throughout modern medicine, old methods fall as new ones emerge safer, more reliable, better for patient outcomes, and more. Research is deep and results are shared throughout the world. One of the fastest growing, most industry-related sections of medicine today is that of resuscitation. In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast, Eric presents his argument for crowning Vasopressin as King of the pressers. He even goes so far as to suggest using it in trauma! With plenty of evidence at his back for you to enjoy, please join us for the latest episode of the podcast! Don’t forget to rate and especially review wherever you got your podcasts. These reviews are especially key to keeping us high on the charts where your friends and colleagues can find us. Thank you for listening.

In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast, we circle the wagons back around to the Acidosis Rodeo ranch and catch part 3 of this series. As medicine changes, so do our acronyms. Come join us as Eric unpacks the details of G.O.L.D.M.A.R.K. Don’t forget to rate and review wherever you get your podcasts. Reviews help keep us high on the charts so your colleagues and friends can find us. Thanks so much for listening!

In this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast, we take a look at a phenomenon associated with harnesses. OSHA requires them for safety, and some of our jobs use them as tools for saving the lives of victims of circumstance, but what happens when something goes wrong? Sure they save you from the nasty business of falling to your death, but is there a hidden danger that most of us are not aware of? Join Eric Bauer as he explores the reality of hanging harness syndrome. If you enjoy our podcasts, please take a few minutes to rate, and especially review wherever you found our podcast. Reviews help keep us high on the charts so your friends and colleagues can find us. Thank you so much for listening!

We all know that the first thing you need to do when treating a patient is throw on a non-rebreather mask, right? What happens when that’s not doing the trick? How can we leverage the gas laws to our patient’s advantage? Join us for all this and more in this episode of The FlightBridgeED Podcast with Eric Bauer. Download, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts. Reviews are critical to keeping us visible and viable so we can keep making the great, free content you love to hear, and we love to make! Thanks for listening!