26 Feb 2018

February 26, 2018

Written by REBEL Cast
Imagine you have a patient in respiratory failure sitting right in front of you. The patient has an increased work of breathing and obviously in distress.  Monitors are beeping, nurses are asking you what you want to do, and if you don’t do something, the patient is going to arrest and potentially die.  What is your framework for tackling these patients?  Well, I had a chance to sit down with Haney Mallemat and discuss his framework for managing respiratory failure and NIV.
Medical Categories: Thoracic and Respiratory
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5 Feb 2018

February 5, 2018

Written by REBEL Cast, REBEL Prez

What’s Wrong With Lectures/Presentations Now?

  • Lecturing style has remained stagnant despite the fact that our understanding of how people learn has changed.
  • Most presentations make the supportive media (i.e. slides) the focus of the presentation without thought about the story or the delivery.
  • Lectures are too focused on the educator instead of focusing on the needs of the learner.
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25 Jan 2018

January 25, 2018

Written by REBEL Cast

Background: Placement of vascular access for administration of resuscitation drugs and fluids is a common procedure in the management of out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). While intravenous (IV) placement has been the standard approach for decades, intraosseous (IO) access is rapid and safe and may be the preferred approach due to fact that the bone marrow does not collapse during shock states as peripheral veins often do. Despite it’s advantages, there are concerns about IO placement because of the potential for drugs to pool in the marrow and not circulate. Prior studies have shown an association with tibial IO placement and decreased rate of ROSC though no association with worse neurologic outcomes (Feinstein 2017).

Medical Categories: Procedures and Skills, Resuscitation
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8 Jan 2018

January 8, 2018

Written by REBEL Cast
Background: In the United States we are not only seeing an opioid epidemic but also a shortage of IV opioid agents. For both reasons, it is important to find non-opioid options for common pain complaints seen in the ED.  Changing prescribing practices is difficult but an important step in minimizing opioid usage.  Current research suggests that even short term opioid use can cause a predisposition to subsequent opioid dependence. In the spirit of doing no harm, we as a healthcare community should look to find other less harmful ways to decrease pain and suffering.  In this episode, we will review four randomized clinical trials published in the past year on pain control to see if there is evidence to support other non-opioid options.
Medical Categories: Trauma
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13 Nov 2017

November 13, 2017

Written by REBEL Cast
Welcome back to Episode 42 of REBEL Cast. In this episode, we will be discussing some studies from the past year that had some interesting results and a couple of papers that are potentially going to change our practice in the near future (In the Pipeline). Again, this 3 part series will be dedicated to discussing current literature and how it can be applied to your clinical practice.
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