Critical Care Scenarios

JULY 11, 2021

Dennis Kim ( @traumaicurounds ), associate professor of Clinical Surgery at UCLA and medical director of the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center SICU, as well as host of the Trauma ICU Rounds podcast.

Operating Room 100

Operating Room ICU ED OR 100

REBEL EM

AUGUST 12, 2024

When only using a lab value such as creatinine, the authors are making the end-result more heavily favored to only a lab-oriented outcome.

ICU 81

ICU Operating Room Critical Care ALS 81

REBEL EM

JUNE 8, 2023

The relationship between ICU hypotension and in-hospital mortality and morbidity in septic patients. Intensive Care Med. Human Errors and Adverse Hemodynamic Events Related to “Push Dose Pressors” in the Emergency Department. J Med Toxicol. Epub 2019 Jul 3. PMID: 31270748 Maheshwari K, et al. 2018;44(6):857–67.

Epinephrine 98

Epinephrine Emergency Department ALS Critical Care 98

REBEL EM

MARCH 27, 2023

2 Finally the settings initiated early in a patient’s care are often carried forward unchanged into their hospital and ICU stay. The result of this ED capacity strain and less than ideal patient to staff ratios has led to delays in interventions, treatments and care adjustments. J Crit Care. Paper: Owyang CG, et al.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department ICU Critical Care EMR 52

ACEP Now

MAY 9, 2024

A search for Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) on any social media platform will yield thousands of before-and-after images, faja sales, operating room videos, recovery tips, and patients praising their plastic surgeon. units per patient. References Garcia SE. Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke. The New York Times.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department Operating Room Critical Care ICU 52

Core EM

JANUARY 16, 2025

Bend the stylet Unless youre a lunatic who likes surprises during critical care procedures, you should bend your own stylet. It is true, someone finally did an RTC on ICU level patients and found that first pass success IS better with VL than DL (Prekker 2023), but the fact remains that sometimes VL fails. Auscultation.

E-9-1-1 130

E-9-1-1 EMS ALS OR 130