#dasSMACC – Airway Ultrasound, Critical Care, and Dunning-Kruger

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We are in Berlin for #dasSMACC and have lots of pearls to share from the speakers at this amazing conference.  Talks will be released for free on the SMACC podcast over the next year, but this podcast holds some pearls that we thought couldn’t wait.

Overall trope of the conference….

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for more on the Dunning-Kruger effect check out this post

Drs. Jacob Avila and Ben Smith on Airway Ultrasound

Check out this 7-minute video on ETT placement confirmation using ultrasound

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Dr. James Rippey on Point of Care Ultrasound Incidental Findings

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Dr. Jack Iwashyna on Persistent Critical Care

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#dasSMACC – Pulmonary Embolism, Pulmonary Edema, TEE, and Pediatric Cardiology

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We are in Berlin for #dasSMACC and have lots of pearls to share from the speakers at this amazing conference.  Talks will be released for free on the SMACC podcast over the next year, but this podcast holds some pearls that we thought couldn’t wait.

Dr. Leanne Harnett on Pulmonary Embolism with Right Heart Thrombus (PE with RHT)

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Drs. Reuben Strayer (@emupdates) and Scott Weingart (@emcrit) on Acute Hypertensive Pulmonary Edema

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Dr. Michele Domico on Pediatric Cardiology Emergencies

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Dr. Haney Mallemat (@CriticalCareNow) on Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) during Cardiac Arrest

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For more on pulse checks, see this blog post.

References:

  1. Athappan G, Sengodan P, Chacko P, Gandhi S. Comparative efficacy of different modalities for treatment of right heart thrombi in transit: a pooled analysis. Vasc Med. 2015;20(2):131-8.
  2. Wilson SS, Kwiatkowski GM, Millis SR, Purakal JD, Mahajan AP, Levy PD. Use of nitroglycerin by bolus prevents intensive care unit admission in patients with acute hypertensive heart failure. Am J Emerg Med. 2017;35(1):126-131.

#dasSMACC – Endocarditis, Statistics, and Sickle Cell

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We are at #dasSMACC in Berlin thanks to the Rosh Review.  All talks will be released for free on the SMACC podcast over the next year, but meanwhile, we wanted to share some pearls from the conference.

Dr. Brian Burns (@HawkmoonEMS) on trauma

Dr. David Carr (@davidcarr333)

Endocarditis

Dr. Paul Young (@DogICUma)

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Dr Jess Mason (@JessMasonMD)

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FOAMcastini – Medical Texting

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We interrupt our normal core content to cover an important topic highlighted in JAMA’s recent article, “Medical Texting and Protected Health Information. What is permitted?“

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Other pearls:

  • Live tweeting is dangerous (exposes dates, potentially identifiable events)
  • If in doubt, leave it out

Reference:

Department of Health and Human Services. “Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of Protected Health Information in Accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule.” November 16, 2015