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FOAMcast brings you pearls from conferences we attend and presently it’s the American College of Emergency Physicians annual meeting, ACEP15 in Boston.

On this episode we cover the following topics:

Foodborne Illnesses – Dr. David Pigott

Wound Management – Dr. Benjamin Lawner

• Irrigation – Need 50-100 cc per centimeter of wound. To get adequate PSI, take an 18g angiocath on a 30 cc syringe = 4-15 PSI
• Some predictors of poor healing and infection
  • Location – head and neck more vascular so less likely to get infected
  • Length – >5 cm more likely to have problems
  • Diabetics – microvascular damange makes healing more problematic

Tips for Presentations – Dr. Haney Mallemat (@CriticalCareNow)

• Avoid bullet points
• Be brief
• Use a sans serif font (and only one font throughout)
• Limit animations (they can be distracting)