REBEL Cast brings REBEL EM posts to life in audio form. We open with a clinical scenario and a focused clinical question, then critically appraise the study—key results, strengths, limitations, and what it means at the bedside. Every episode ends with actionable take-home points.

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REBEL Cast Ep 46a – Respiratory Failure and NIV with Haney Mallemat

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 ...

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Thoracic and Respiratory

REBEL Cast Ep 45: How to Build a Great Presentation

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 ...

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REBEL Cast Ep 44: IO vs IV in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA)

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 ...

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Procedures and SkillsResuscitation

REBEL Cast Ep 43: Pain Control and Opioid Sparing Options in the ED

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 ...

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Trauma

REBEL Cast Episode 42: Research From the Past Year – In the Pipeline

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 ...

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REBEL Cast Episode 41: Research From the Past Year – Resuscitation

Welcome back to Episode 41 of REBEL Cast. In this episode, we will be discussing some studies from the past year that caught our attention in the area of resuscitation. Again, this 3 part series will be dedicated to discussing ...

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REBEL Cast Episode 40: Research From the Past Year – Pain Control

Welcome back to Episode 40 of REBEL Cast. We have taken some time off but don’t worry, we are back.  In this episode, we will be discussing some studies from the past year that caught our attention, dealing with pain ...

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Trauma

REBEL Cast Episode 39 – The TOAST Trial: Dexamethasone for Acute Pharyngitis

Background: Sore throat is a common presentation to the emergency department as well as primary care clinics.  Corticosteroids inhibit transcription of pro-inflammatory mediators in airway endothelial cells responsible for pharyngeal inflammation and symptoms of pain.  They have been used in ...

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Head, Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat

Episode 38 – Do All Submassive PE’s Require Treatment with Thrombolysis?

Background: There has been very little robust evidence published on the long-term outcomes of systemic thrombolysis in acute submassive PE.  Many advocate for the use of systemic thrombolysis to reduce morbidity (complications from chronic pulmonary hypertension) and mortality. The PEITHO ...

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Thoracic and Respiratory

Episode 37 – Definitions and Identification of Sepsis: Sepsis 2.0 vs Sepsis 3.0

Background: Just a few months ago the surviving sepsis campaign published their international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock .  There has been a lot of talk in the FOAM world about sepsis 3.0 and this is the ...

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Infectious Disease
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