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Air Care / B Pod Series: Intravenous Fluid Resuscitation
Normal saline has taken hold as the de facto resuscitative fluid in the majority of health care institutions in the developed world. Walk through the recent data with Dr. Christopher Shaw which suggests that balanced fluids may provide benefit to patients suffering from a wide array of critical illnesses.
Air Care / Annals of B Pod Series: Hypokalemia
Hypokalemia is a commonly seen laboratory abnormality which is often unappreciated in the emergency department. Join us as we take a deep dive into the presentation and life threatening consequences of a patient with severe hypokalemia as we review a previous case from an international leader in critical care transport medicine, Air Care.
Mastering Minor Care: Ankle Arthrocentesis
Far too often we are faced with the situation in which we are concerned about septic arthritis in a patient’s ankle. Although tapping the ankle can be a daunting task, Dr. Leech provides us with a guide in this month’s minor care post to make difficulty with ankle arthrocentesis a problem of the past.