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Air Care Series: Electrocution
Electruction is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality with a widely variable injury pattern. Join the Air Care Series and Annals of B Pod teams as we dive into the pathophysiology and literature surrounding electrocution.
The Head and the Heart: Hemodynamic Derangement in Isolated TBI
We know that alterations in hemodynamics do not only occur in hemorrhagic shock. Both obstructive (such as from tension pneumothorax) and neurogenic shock (for example, from a spinal cord transection), can result in hemodynamic compromise that would not be corrected by blood product administration. There have been some studies that have shown isolated traumatic brain injury (TBI) can also cause hemodynamic derangements. This article looks at a paper which attempts to examine the incidence of cardiovascular instability in patients with TBI.
Cricothyrotomy on HEMS
We train for it, we have a healthy fear of it, and we realize that having to perform one is not an admission of failure on our part. But, how often is a cricothyrotomy performed on HEMS. Dr. Andrew Cathers of University of Wisconsin Med Flight walks through a recently published paper on the topic.