FOAMcast - An Emergency Medicine Podcast

 

In this episode we review Dr. Scott Weingart's Practical Evidence Podcast #3 on Management of First Trimester Vaginal Bleeding and ACEP's 2012 Clinical Policy.  After a thrilling discussion of the discriminatory zone and ultrasound, we digress into core content covering bleeding in later pregnancy (placental abruption and previa), abdominal pain in pregnancy including septic abortion and chorioamnionitis, as well as eclampsia and pre-eclampsia.

Key Texts: Tintinalli (7e) Chapters 102-105 ; Rosen's (8e) Chapter 178

As always, visit foamcast.org for show notes and the generously donated Rosh Review questions.

Thanks y'all!

-Jeremy Faust and Lauren Westafer

Direct download: FOAMcast_Episode_9_Pregnancy_072614.0802.mp3
Category:pregnancy -- posted at: 6:30am EDT

This tiny episode covers Hypernatremia - a supplement to our Episode 8 on acid-base and hyponatremia.

As always, visit foamcast.org for show notes and the generously donated Rosh Review questions.

Key Texts: Tintinalli (7e) Chapters 19,21 ; Rosen's (8e) Chapters 124, 125

Thanks y'all!

 

-Jeremy Faust and Lauren Westafer

Direct download: FOAMCASTini_2_hypernatremia.mp3
Category:electrolytes -- posted at: 8:29am EDT

We review the FOAM from SMACC GOLD, Dr. David Story's "Is Chloride A Poison?" for a great primer on the Stewart method to acid-base.  The Strong Ion Difference (SID) is essentially Sodium minus Chloride (Na - Cl). Normal = 38; a higher SID indicates metabolic alkalosis and a lower SID indicates a metabolic acidosis.  "Normal Saline" has a whopping amount of chloride, which decreases the SID and has been associated with acidosis, renal insufficiency in critically ill patients, and, perhaps, mortality.

As always, visit foamcast.org for show notes and the generously donated Rosh Review questions.

Key Texts: Tintinalli (7e) Chapters 19,21 ; Rosen's (8e) Chapters 124, 125

FOAM Resources: Acid-Base ala EMCrit I/II/III/IVHyponatremia - EMBasic, Hyponatremia-ERCastHyponatremia - EMCrit

Thanks y'all!

-Jeremy Faust and Lauren Westafer

 

 

 

Direct download: FOAMcast_Episode_8._Smacc-ICN_Chlorine._071714.1032.mp3
Category:acid-base -- posted at: 12:03pm EDT

On this FOAMcastini (A tiny FOAMcast), we summarize our summaries of core content and free open access medical education (FOAM), covering:

Episode 1 - Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide Toxicity

Episode 2 - All things GU (Renal colic, urinary retention, infected stones)

Episode 3 - ENT (Bullous myringitis, ruptured tympanic membranes, auricular hematomas, and more).

This is our attempt at remembering these things ourselves and encouraging some spaced repetition. Thanks for listening and just remember, no need to FOAM it alone.

-Jeremy Faust and Lauren Westafer

Direct download: Foamcastini_1_ep._1_to_3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:00am EDT

We review the FOAM from The RAGE podcast (The Resuscitationist's Awesome Guide to Everything), "Episode 4" ,on impact apnea, the right heart and more.  Then we discuss the core content related to right ventricular myocardial infarctions and heart failure.

As always, visit foamcast.org  for show notes and the generously donated Rosh Review questions.

Key Texts:  Tintinalli (7e) Chapters 53, 57; Rosen’s (8e) Chapters 78, 81

Thanks for listening!

 

-Jeremy Faust and Lauren Westafer

Direct download: FOAMcast_Episode_7._RAGE_Heart_Failure.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:46am EDT

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