Ten Minute Medic

When Your Patient Is Breathing Too Fast: Respiratory Alkalosis

For your patient, there is, probably, no more frightening sensation than that of not being able to breathe.  This is never more true than in the patient who is in respiratory alkalosis.  In this podcast we look at:

1.  What respiratory alkalosis is.

2.  The pathophysiology behind it.

3.  The best way to treat, and not treat, your patient.

The Paramedic Students Guide To Respiratory Acidosis

Respiratory acidosis is commonly seen in the pre-hospital patient.  In this episode, we take a look at the pathophysiology and treatment approach of this frequently encountered condition. 

What Bacon Chili Cheese Fries Have To Do With Medicine!

We've all been there!  What do you do after that massive chili cheese burger?  You reach for an antacid!  In this episode, we take a look at the mechanisms that the body uses to help maintain a homeostatic pH so that we live the best life.  This also introduces a four part series in which we will take a look at each of the syndromes that occur when acid-base balance gets out of kilter. 

The T Wave That Ate the ECG

Conventional EMS education says that T wave abnormalities are present with an elevated potassium.  Is that always true.  In today's podcast, Dr. Bill Young takes a look at some of the most common symptoms of hyperkalemia as well as the importance of understanding the pathophysiology behind it. 

Why No Os?: How Oxygen Could Make Your ACS Patient Worse!

Could oxygen be detrimental to our cardiac patients? You bet your sweet nitroglycerine it could be. Learn more from this week's podcast!

Ketamine for Prehospital Use

Although a newcomer to the drug bags of paramedics, ketamine was first developed in 1962 and used as an anesthetic in surgery.  Over the last couple of years, it has become an attractive option for use in the prehospital arena because of it many applications, it’s safety as an anesthetic and fairly rapid onset of action. 

Respiratory Emergencies in Pediatric Patients

It is fall of the year and this is the time that health care providers begin to think about childhood respiratory diseases.  In this podcast, we will take a brief look at some of the more common pediatric respiratory diseases that you may come into contact with. 

Right Ventricular AMI...Fact or Myth

The presence of a right ventricular MI has always been something that has a mysterious hold for paramedics.  In the past, any patient with a RVMI was prohibited from receiving NTG because of a possibility that they would suffer from life threatening hypotension.  However, is this the case.  In this podcast, we will look at the pathophysiology of the RVMI and maybe even dispel some myths

Congestive Heart Failure Pathophysiology and Treatment

One of the most common cardiac related emergencies that the paramedic will be called upon to deal with is that of congestive heart failure.  In this podcast, we will look at the pathophysiology of the disease process, the symptoms that your patient may present and the treatment that you may be called upon to give. 

               

Heart Blocks Made Easy-Episode 1

If you are anything like most paramedic students, you will, at some point in time struggle with AV heart blocks.  In this short podcast, learn how to become much more proficient in their identification.