Texas EMS Conference Meetup

November 21, 2011

Will be tonight at 7:00PM (1900 for you EMS Types) at Bill McCabe’s Irish Pub on Red River, near 7th. 714 Red River St Austin, TX 78701 Kelly and I will be there and we want to hear your favorite moments from the podcast.

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70 Toxicology and Abuse

November 20, 2011

(42:15) Ron and Kelly talk about overdoses and antidotes, how to deal with calls that have signs of domestic abuse, and we hear that Ron’s white cloud, may be getting a bit more grey… What I Did This Week Medical Emergencies *What are typical overdoses?* Do you carry any antidotes? Warming activated charcoal? Carry ipecac [...]

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69 NICU and Geriatrics

November 14, 2011

(24:42) Ron and Kelly talk about the upcoming Texas EMS conference, Syncopal episodes in geriatric patients, the rainbow of newborns and why or why not there can be male L&D nurses. What I Did This Week Medical Emergencies Had a test. Don’t know what I made, but still improving. Special Populations Geriatrics What’s the most [...]

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68 Kidneys and Geriatrics

November 7, 2011

(42:07) This week we talk note taking technologies, nephronology, bio-chemistry, greek god’s wooden parts, and army medics. Kelly also points out lucrative markets for lawyers in EMS that might change it for the better. What I Did This Week Ron wwitched note taking and recording technologies. Livescribe to Evernote Medical Emergencies Nephronology 1% per year [...]

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67 Gastro Intestinal Distress

November 1, 2011

(44:59) Kelly has an abdominal complaint just for the show, so Ron tries not to make him laugh. What I Did This Week Medical Emergencies Gastric emergencies What’s the most common gastronomic complaint you see? Phergan vs Zofran What’s the most common missed gastro complaint? Kidney stones Special Populations Test and scenarios Clinicals Road with [...]

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66 More Pediatrics

October 24, 2011

(29:26) What I Did this week: Medical Emergencies Tests and scenarios Special Populations Dextrose IO? How do you recognize child abuse? Most common household substance for pediatric poisoning? Meningitis exposure. If you treat a patient you get treated? Cushing’s triad metaphor Bandaging the neck by running it under the arm Clinicals None but a volunteer [...]

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