Grand Rounds Recap 12.18.19

Grand Rounds Recap 12.18.19

Dr. Ham led off this week’s Grand Rounds reviewing cases from the month of November for our monthly Morbidity and Mortality conference. Dr. Chuko then led us through a deep dive on the diagnosis and treatment of male genitourinary disorders and was followed by Dr. Frankenfeld who led our small group discussion on STEMI equivalents. A battle of minds ensued between Dr. Gawron and Dr. Betz of an interesting case of traumatic rhabdomyolysis. Finally, Dr. Crook reviewed all of the latest important changes to the southwest Ohio EMS protocol.

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Air Care Series: Burns Management

Air Care Series: Burns Management

Severely burned patients can be intimidating for even the most seasoned critical care transport providers. These patients often require aggressive resuscitation and multiple procedures in a relatively short period of time. It is often easy for providers to become overwhelmed, necessitating an algorithmic approach to the patient, similar to traumatically injured patients, is crucial. By advancing through the primary survey and stabilizing the patient while starting aggressive but goal directed crystalloid resuscitation, critical care transport providers can bring ICU level care to one of the sickest pre-hospital patient populations.

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