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TOTAL EM - Tools Of the Trade and Academic Learning in Emergency Medicine

Sep 27, 2016

You read that right!  Dr. Jeff Jarvis is a medical director who only uses video laryngoscopy (VL) for the EMS agencies he acts as a medical director.  Not only that, but in his own practice in emergency medicine, he uses a VL system.  

What is so great with VL that they ditched traditional direct laryngoscopy?  Well...


Sep 20, 2016

Have you heard of Jim DuCanto?  If not, then you missed our last podcast.  You can listen to either of them in any order, but since you are here, go ahead and listen to this one first.  However, we highly recommend that you go to Podcast #8 after that to see what our guest has been up to recently.  If you manage airways...


Sep 13, 2016

You may not have heard of Jim DuCanto specifically, but you have probably heard about his SALAD (Suction Assisted Laryngoscopy Airway Decontamination technique. Click on the links that we have here if you have not heard of him or his technique including this one from Life in the Fast Lane. Don't worry, we will wait...


Sep 6, 2016

After our talk with Minh Le Cong from the PHARM podcast, we decided it was appropriate to discuss the POKER Trial.  No, it is not about cards, but rather about if propofol mixed with ketamine is better than propofol alone.

In addition to this podcast, there have been a few other blogs such as St. Emlyn's and REBEL EM...