Ep181 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis, Idiopathic ...

In this Part 2 or our 2-part EM Cases podcast series on Cardiac Arrest Update, Dr. Sheldon Cheskes and Dr. Rob Simard take us beyond the algorithms and into the real-world decision-making of cardiac arrest care. We answer questions like: Do vasopressin and steroids improve surviv ...  Show more

In this EM Cases update on cardiac arrest management, Dr. Sheldon Cheskes and Dr. Rob Simard join Anton to walk us through the evolving science and bedside practicalities of cardiac arrest management in the wake of the 2025 ACLS Guidelines. They answer questions such as: What are ...  Show more

In this episode, we will discuss all things peripheral arterial disease – definitions, staging, clinical presentation, risk factors, goals of therapy, and guideline-directed medication therapy recommendations including the newest evidence for the use of DOACs. Key Concepts Addres ...  Show more

Contributor: Travis Barlock MD

Educational Pearls: 

Large Vessel Occlusion (LVO) is a condition where a clot blocks one of the major blood vessels in the brain, leading to a stroke.

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Content covered in this episode includes: [0:28]Question Dissection: An 81-year-old woman is brought to the E.D. via ambulance complaining of an excruciating headache that began two hours ago.. [4:34]Neurosurgery chapter of S2S including questions like: - What causes a subdural h ...  Show more

For our first episode of 2020, we investigate claims related to the application of cricoid pressure.

Claim 1. Cricoid pressure reduces the risk of pulmonary aspiration.

Claim 2. Landmark technique is able to accurately identify the cr ...