The Influence of Low pH on Efficacy of Critical Care Pharmacology w/ Will Heuser, PharmD
Join Eric and Will Heuser, PharmD, discussing “The Influence of Low pH on Efficacy of Critical Care Pharmacology.” Changes in acid-base balance have a profound…
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Undifferentiated Shock: A Pre-hospital Approach
Shock is the final common pathway before death. No matter what the etiology or insult to the human body, we all will enter into a…
The Remarkable Versatility of Ketamine: A Review of Pre-Hospital and Critical Care Use
Ketamine is a non-barbiturate dissociative anesthetic originally synthesized in the 1960s. In lower doses, ketamine acts as a potent analgesic, causing it to be adapted…
Diabetic Ketoacidosis: The Right Ingredients for Recovery
This article is the first of a series of three articles about managing adult patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). This patient population can be…
TikTok Toxicology
Since its North American debut in 2018, TikTok has dominated the teenage social media market. In 2022, a survey reported that 67% of American teenagers…
The Fallacy of “GCS <8 Intubate” and the Decision to Intubate
On the surface, these are not bad triggers for airway management, but they do not engage clinicians to evaluate the situation in its entirety. The ast…
Dialysis Disequilibrium Syndrome
Clinical Scenario: You respond as an ALS ambulance to a local dialysis center for a middle-aged male with altered mental status. Upon arrival, you find…
EDS in the ED
Overview A 27-year-old woman arrived at the emergency room late at night, her face crumpled in pain. She reported feeling sick this morning and vomiting,…