Special Operations Medical Association

Medical

This podcast covers medical care targeted to the Special Operations medical community with a focus on providing prolonged care in austere environments.

Location:

United States

Genres:

Medical

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Description:

This podcast covers medical care targeted to the Special Operations medical community with a focus on providing prolonged care in austere environments.

Language:

English

Episodes

91: Paralytics and Vent Management

6/17/2021

Everyone knows how hard it is to do good ventilation management using our gear. If the patient is spontaneously breathing in any way it can be next to impossible. Are paralytics the answer? Dennis speaks Evan (ER Doc) and Josh (ICU Doc) about the use of paralytics in vent management.

Duration:00:34:22

90: Abdominal Trauma with Stacy Shackelford

6/3/2021

With bleeding from the "Box" causing such a large portion of the potentially survivable deaths, can we go in there? A better question probably "should we?". Stacy goes over how large the actual problem is and better yet, "What can be done", and "what does it take to do it?"

Duration:00:38:52

89: Getting and Giving Blood with Brad

5/20/2021

We're beyond explaining that blood is better than water, when it comes to resus and trauma. Now let's start talking about HOW to do it better. How to collect it faster and give it faster in the austere environment. How can we use the gear we have and optimize this life saving process.

Duration:00:35:07

88: Disposition

5/8/2021

Usually, we are sending our patients to a higher level of care. What do you do with the patients you can't? Dennis and Ian go over a timely topic.

Duration:00:34:09

86: Optimize your patient for surgery

4/1/2021

Sometimes our patients are too sick to recieve the care they need. Dennis and Mark discuss the decision points of who goes to surgery and when.

Duration:00:32:19

84: What if you can't descend? Altitude Illness in PFC

3/4/2021

Sometimes it's not an easy decision to turn around and go home. I talk with Dr. Moon, about taking care of a patient with AMS, HAPE, and or HACE in a PFC environment and when is it worth the consequences to evac the patient.

Duration:00:34:49

82: Acute Kidney Injury

2/4/2021

Dennis and Doug break down the pretty complex issue of dealing with an AKI in the austere environment.

Duration:00:39:09

81: New Sepsis CPG for the PFC environment

1/8/2021

Dennis talks with two of the authors of the new sepsis CPG.

Duration:01:05:53

78: Physical Therapy assessments

11/25/2020

Dennis and Scott discuss what to do after the life threats have been addressed and the healing begins.

Duration:00:27:55

77: Nutrition in Critical Patients

11/5/2020

Dennis talks with Mark on the importantce of nutrition in critically injuried patients.

Duration:01:11:22

76: Herniation Syndromes

10/15/2020

Dennis and Dave deep dive into TBI and the various types of herniation. Hint...the most common is not the one we have been trained on.

Duration:00:54:31

75: SOM-C

10/1/2020

Dennis talks with Josh and Jeremy about the Special Operations Medic Coalition, what they are doing for the community, and what's in store for the future.

Duration:01:04:20