Tim's Take Away on EMS and Education related topics

Nasopharyngeal Airway, The Truth!

In this episode, we dive into looking at the controversy behind the use of the Nasopharyngeal Airway. We close out the episode with what the literature actually says about this simple life-saving device.

References:

Text Books

Pre Hospital Trauma Life Support 9th Ed. 2019

AAOS Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, 12th Ed, 2021

Journals:

Stat Pearls, Nasopharyngeal Airway. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513220/

Roberts, K., Whallet, H., Bleetman, A.;Emerg Med J 2005;22:394–396. doi: 10.1136/emj.2004.021402

Thangavel AR, Panneerselvam S, Rudingwa P, Sivakumar RK. Nasopharyngeal airway size selection and its implication in the management of pediatric difficult airway. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacolg 2020;36:565-6.

Seo., et.al. Severe Spastic Trismus without Generalized Spasticity after Unilateral Brain Stem Stroke https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3309321/#:~:text=However%2C%20trismus%20after%20brain%20stem,brain%20injury%20is%20relatively%20common.

 

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Annotating Your Text

Active learning is not just important in the classroom, it is also important during the study process. Reading for learning becomes more effective when you annotate your readings. This session will provide a brief how-to regarding annotation.

Diigo: http://www.diigo.com

Hypothesis: https://web.hypothes.is/

Video Ants: https://ant.umn.edu/

 

Applying Spinal Motion Restriction Recommendations

In 2018, the American College of Surgeons, Committee on Trauma, and the National Association of Emergency Physicians released a joint consensus statement on Spinal Motion Restriction. This short session provides a way to apply the document to EMS students and providers. Need to see this in a visual format? https://youtu.be/uNxYKqvDofE

 

Study Tip Retrieval Practice

Rereading your textbook does not improve your knowledge. What does improve your recall for when you need it is retrieval Practice. This shot tip will describe how to set up retrieval practice.

Airway Positioning Tip

In this episode, Tim walks through some basic airway positioning to ensure better oxygenation and ventilation for our patients. This podcast does have a corresponding video https://youtu.be/tcMINfNrBzU

 

Abdominal, GI and GU Injures for the EMT

In this episode, we talk about injures to the abdomen, the GI and GU areas from the EMT standpoint. When learning about the human body, a lot of folks become confused with the organs inside the abdomen. This episode provides an important realization that being familiar with the locations of the organs will help predict those patients who can experience shock early on and those who may develop life-threatening infections later on.

The opinions expressed are those of the host and do not represent opinions or views of the host's employers. The information contained in the podcasts does not constitute medical or legal advice.

Spinal and Traumatic Brain Injuries for the EMT

In this episode, we talk about spinal injuries and the different types of Traumatic Brain Injuries from the EMT standpoint. This area is often one that is confusing for many EMT students. Because many testing locations will require the demonstration of Supine Immobilization and potentially seated immobilization. These are skills that are not utilized as much anymore. However, it is still a skill that must be taught to evaluate a need. 

Referenced the National Model Clinical Guidelines www.nasemso.org

 

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Soft Tissue, Bleeding, and Orthopedic Injuries for EMTs

This episode is dealing with bleeding, soft tissue, and orthopedic injuries. These areas frequently overlap each other. To me, it makes sense that these areas are then combined or talked about together. This is a longer episode that covers a lot of material. I struggled to decide on breaking it up but I didn't like the places I was going to put the breaks! SO I am leaving that up to you the listener! Enjoy!

 

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Shock For The EMT

In this episode of Tim's Take Away, I discuss shock. This episode expands on some of the basic pathophysiology of shock. Why we look for the signs and symptoms gives us a great indication that a patient is in shock.  

I make mention in the podcast, if you are concerned about some of the subject matter discussed here, check out my Human Body Review on my YouTube page. www.youtube.com/timr2715

 

 

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Pharmacology for the EMT

This episode of Tim's Take Away is the basics of Pharmacology for the EMT Student. We will talk about the routes of medication administration, what the indications and contraindications of a medication mean. We just brush over the common medications EMTs may use. This episode will not dive deeply into them but will provide examples. 

Mentions from the podcast

Medical Errors
https://www.ted.com/talks/brian_goldman_doctors_make_mistakes_can_we_talk_about_that?language=en

Common Medication Endings
https://images.app.goo.gl/yppiQdPxnuoaNp5A9

BVM Flow Demo
https://youtu.be/aH0emTWsrA4

The opinions expressed are those of the host and do not represent opinions or views of the host's employers. The information contained in the podcasts does not constitute medical or legal advice.