Emergency Medicine

Episode 11a: Crashing Neonate and Metabolic Disorders with Austin Larson

On this episode, host Jason Woods speaks with Dr. Austin Larson, a specialist in pediatric inherited metabolic disorders (and also someone way smarter than I), about what do do with the crashing neonate if there are concerns for a metabolic disorder. We review the diagnostic approach, emergent treatment, and what resources are available to read/consult …

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Episode 10: Post-resuscitation Hypotension After Cardiac Arrest with Alexis Topjian

On this episode we discuss the rates and risks of post-resuscitation hypotension after cardiac arrest. Host Jason Woods MD talks with Dr. Alexis Topjian, a critical care doc from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia with special interests in neuro-critical care and post-arrest care, about her recent article on post arrest hypotension. This article was published in …

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Episode 9: Suicide Prevention and Firearms

The last in our current series on firearm violence looks at suicide prevention and the relation of firearms to suicide. Host Jason Woods MD talks with Dr. Emmy Betz, a researcher in suicide prevention, about what is currently know, strategies for harm reduction, and her efforts as the co-founder of the Colorado Coalition for Firearm …

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Episode 8: Firearm and Youth Violence in Canada

We continue our look at firearm and violent injury in the youth population by examing the issue outside of the United States. Host Jason Woods MD gathered Canadian physicians Carolyn Snider and Natasha Saunders, both researchers on violent injury (and specifically firearm-related injury), to discuss the scope of violent youth injury in Canada, ED-based intervention programs, …

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Episode 7: Reframing how we think about firearm violence

Violent injury, particularly related to firearms, has been at the forefront of national discussion recently. Pediatric victims and survivors have begun to enter into the public discussion via a strong social media presence, and as clinicians who treat these patients’ injuries, we are also obligated to participate in prevention. This is the first in a series …

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Episode 6: What is the ED role in Child Abuse Evaluation and Documentation?

Host Jason Woods MD chats with Dan Lindberg MD, national expert in Child Abuse evaluation, on what role the ED plays in the evaluation of child abuse, and addresses the things that scare the ED doc the most. How do I avoid going to court? What and how should I document? What can I do …

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Episode 3: Leaving the ED with an Oxygen Tank – Bronchiolitis with Lalit Bajaj

Host Jason Woods MD talks with Lalit Bajaj MD on the use of home oxygen dispensed from the emergency room in the treatment of bronchiolitis. Dr. Bajaj is an emergency medicine physician at the University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado and was one of the early participants in their home oxygen protocol initiation and evaluation.

Episode 2b: Guidelines Update for Pediatric Sepsis

Hot on the heels of our previous recording, new guidelines were published on the care of pediatric sepsis by the American College of Critical Care Medicine/Society of Critical Care Medicine. Host Jason Woods MD and Halden Scott MD evaluate how these new guidelines change our previous discussion on the use of lactate measurement in the treatment …

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