Podcast 882: Thrombolytics for Minor Strokes

Contributor: Meghan Hurley, MD Educational Pearls: What animal is the most lethal to humans? Depending on how we define lethal, and animal, this answer is actually not straight forward. Globally and in the U.S. the most lethal animal is humans, accounting for ~436,000 to ~20,000 ...  Show more

Contributor: Travis Barlock, MD Educational Pearls: First-pass success is critical to limit complications from apnea, hypoxia, and airway trauma. Complication rate for patients intubated on the first pass is 14% Complication rates increase to 47% after two attempts, 64% after thr ...  Show more

Send us Fan MailThis week, Rob and Zach will be teaching you everything you need to know about Strokes. This will be a special episode to raise awareness for strokes during the month of May, which is #StrokeMonthDuring this episode we are going to be using our medical notes on ac ...  Show more

When treating patients having an MI or stroke, more minutes equals more dead cells. Because the majority of strokes are the ischemic type, the treatment for stroke is similar to an MI – to reestablish perfusion to the ischemic tissues.  Review the first four steps in the Stroke C ...  Show more

In this episode I cover stroke.

If you want to follow along with written notes on stroke go to https://zerotofinals.com/medicine/neurology/stroke/ or the neurology section in the Zero to Finals medicine ...

In this Part 2 or our 2-part podcast update on ED stroke management with Dr. Katie Lin and Dr. Walter Himmel we explore non-disabling strokes, where symptoms are mild enough that patients can continue daily activities if deficits persist. Yet, non-disabling does not mean benign. ...  Show more