The Pharm So Hard Emergency Medicine & Hospital Pharmacy Podcast

In this episode, Jimmy Pruitt discusses the goals and concerns of incoming and outgoing residents. This episode includes a residency panel with Nicholas DeFilippo, Ryan Watts, Tramauni Brock, Kailey Denny, Britany Byrkit, and Sarah Cummins.

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In this episode of the Pharm So Hard Podcast, Jimmy Pruitt PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP discuss with Rob O'Connell the history, diagnostics, and management of trauma-related open fractures.

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In this episode of the Pharm So Hard Podcast, Jimmy Pruitt PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP discuss with Rob O'Connell the history, diagnostics, and management of trauma-related open fractures.

1:14 Why is this Important

2:24 Gustilo & Anderson Classification

4:00 Infection Rates of Open Fractures

7:50 Guidelines Recommendation on Agent and Duration

8:51 Grade 1+ 2 Open Fracture Antibiotics

12:22 MRSA Colonization

13:29 Grade 3 Open Fractures

18:33 Soil Contamination Antibiotics

19:38 Standing Water Contamination

20: 47 Tetanus

22:18 Summary

23:49 Emergency Medicine Pharmacist Improve door to the antibiotic time

25:29 Robs Final Thoughts

26:36 EMPoweRx Conference

27:28 QxMD Sponsor

In this episode of Pharm So Hard, Oscar Santalo PharmD, MBA, MHA, BCPS and Jimmy Pruitt, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP discuss how to increase your skillset as a clinical pharmacist to take on more administrative tasks and move up the latter.

In this episode of Pharm So Hard, Oscar Santalo PharmD, MBA, MHA, BCPS and Jimmy Pruitt, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP discuss how to increase your skillset as a clinical pharmacist to take on more administrative tasks and move up the latter.

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Today, Jimmy is joined by Dr. Shah, Olivia, Cummings, Barnes and Moake all about peripheral nerve blocks in the ED. The guests provide fascinating insight to many important aspects such as training and credentials, equipment and supplies, some of the most common nerve blocks and much, much more! Be sure to subscribe to keep up to date with all future podcasts, and no matter what, make sure you Pharm So Hard!

0:25 Introduction

2:30 The importance of ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks

3:49 Overview of ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks

4:40 What are the training and credential required to perform ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks

7:58 What does the data say about the efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks

12:59 What are the most common ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks in adults and pediatrics

20:47 What equipment and supplies are needed for ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks

28:22 Walk through an ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks step by step

38:22 Is there a preference for particular anesthetic agents (with or without epinephrine)

42:16 What resources are useful to learn about ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks

44:32 What do you want pharmacists to know about ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks

49:21 Conclusion

Today, Jimmy is joined by Dr. Shah, Olivia, Cummings, Barnes and Moake all about peripheral nerve blocks in the ED. The guests provide fascinating insight into many important aspects such as training and credentials, equipment and supplies, some of the most common nerve blocks, and much, much more! Be sure to subscribe to keep up to date with all future podcasts, and no matter what, make sure you Pharm So Hard!

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In this episode of the Pharm So Hard Podcast, Jimmy Pruitt PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP discuss why he dislikes the use of sodium bicarbonate for cardiac arrest and the evidence for and against its use.

1:14 Review of previous episodes of the series

2:40 Pharmacy Friday Pearls

3:24 EMPoweRx Conference

5:28 Cardiac Arrest Patho of Acidosis

6:04 Why have we been using sodium bicarbonate

7:08 Adverse Effects of sodium bicarbonate

9:29 History of sodium bicarbonate for ACLS

10:17 Bishop et al study

11:45 Wang et al study

12:26 Ahn et al

13:18 Kawano et al

14:37 Wu et al

16:31 Alshahrani et al

17:45 Summary

In this episode of the Pharm So Hard Podcast, Jimmy Pruitt PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP discuss why he dislikes the use of sodium bicarbonate for cardiac arrest and the evidence for and against its use.

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In this episode of the Pharm So Hard Podcast, Jimmy Pruitt PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP discuss this week's Pharmacy Friday Pearl on the use of Proton Pump Inhibitors for the management of Upper GI bleeds.

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