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35th EAST Annual Scientific Assembly Compilation - Part 02 - #154: 03/07/2022; Join hosts Drs. Tatiana Cardenas, Lauren Dudas, Megan Quintana, Samantha Tarras, and Carrie Valdez as they interview speakers from the 35^th EAST Annual Scientific Assembly held in Austin, Texas. in Austin, Texas. Guests: Drs. Laszlo Kiraly, Taylor Wallen, Amanda Hambrecht, Majid Chammas, Jessica Schucht, Abid Khan, Aaron Hudnall, Ander Dorken Gallastegi, Leah Tatebe, Gillian Hoshal, Maxwell Braverman, and EAST President Deborah Stein.; Listen Download

35th EAST Annual Scientific Assembly Compilation - Part 01 - #153: 02/24/2022; Join hosts Drs. Tatiana Cardenas, Lauren Dudas, Megan Quintana, Samantha Tarras, and Carrie Valdez as they interview speakers from the 35^th EAST Annual Scientific Assembly held in Austin, Texas. Guests: Drs. Jeffrey Claridge, Sharmila Dissanaike, Sneha Bhat, Mary Bryant, Kaushik Mukherjee, Chad Hall, Caroline Ricard, Megan Quintana, Michael Pasquale, James Bardes, Victoria Miles and Youssef Shaban.; Listen Download

Making POCUS More Than Just Screen Static - #148

10/03/2021

Drs. Shyam Murali, Rita Brintzenhoff and Lauren Dudas discuss POCUS with Drs. Sarah Murthi and Paula Ferrada. Why is it so great? What are some tips for challenging image acquisition? How can I get a program started? Can my images get validated? And what is on the horizon? Hear the answers to these questions and more with this animated group!

Supplemental Material:
Prospective evaluation of surgeons' use of ultrasound in the evaluation of trauma patients by Grace Rozycki et al.
Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery Podcast with Grace Rozycki
Surgical Critical Care Program Directors Society Ultrasound Curriculum
Quantifying systemic congestion with Point-Of-Care ultrasound: development of the venous excess ultrasound grading system by William Beaubien-Souligny et al. (original VEXUS Scan publication)

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Rural Trauma Care: Part 2 - #147: 08/31/2021; In this second installment of a three part series, Drs. Lauren Dudas and Lucy Ruangvoravat interview Drs. Carrie Valdez, JR Taylor and Erich Schafer, surgeons at designated level II-IV trauma centers. Listen as they discuss their trauma system, schedules and their perspectives as rural trauma surgeons. If you missed part one in the series, check out Traumacast #140!; Listen Download

Rural Trauma Care: Part 1 - #140: 01/26/2021; Dr. Carrie Valdez hosts Drs. Alexandra Briggs, Avi Bhavaraju and Ashley Meagher on our first Traumacast in our series on Rural Trauma. Dr. Briggs is the chair of the Rural Trauma Ad Hoc Task Force for EAST. For this Traumacast, the group focuses on the Level 1 trauma experience supporting our rural trauma centers- what are we doing well and what can we do better?

Rural Trauma Care: Part 2 - Traumacast #147; Listen Download

COVID-19 Part 05 - What Have We Learned - #139: 12/29/2020; Welcome guest moderator Dr. Simon Fitzgerald as he and Dr. Carrie Valdez discuss "What have we learned about COVID-19?" with Drs. Matthew Martin, Kari Jerge, Bellal Joseph and Haytham Kaafrani. This episode was recorded as a vaccine was introduced in the shadow of our third national surge of COVID cases. We focus on updates in COVID management, future research and who should get the vaccine.; Listen Download

Management of the Burn Patient - #135

04/22/2020

Join moderator Dr. Red Hoffman as she speaks with Drs. Callie Thompson and Lyndsay Deeter as well as veteran burn nurse Leslyn Wiese about the management of the burn patient. They discuss how to work up the traumatically injured burn patient, things not to miss in electrical injuries, how to best deal with facial burns secondary to smoking on home oxygen and the challenges of dealing with deep second-degree burns. They also offer some tips and tricks about how to care for burns at your own institution (if you are not at a burn center).

Resources
University of Washington Burn Educational Videos on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3bo8KcY

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COVID-19 Part 04 - Care of the Critically Ill COVID-19 Patient - #134

04/15/2020

Join moderators Drs. Carrie Valdez and Red Hoffman as they speak with Drs. Matt Martin, Haj Reddy and Eddie Chao in New York City. Recorded on April 14, 2020, this episode offers the latest updates on the care of the critically ill COVID patient. We "round" with our three guests and discuss the management of each organ system.

References and Resources
EAST COVID-19 Resources and Information is available here: https://www.east.org/education/covid-19-resources-and-information. This is meant to be a clearinghouse of information and protocols from various societies and institutions throughout the world.

The proning protocol currently in use at NYC Health + Hospitals can be found here - Proning Protocol

The burrito technique for proning is also demonstrated at: https://bit.ly/2K6csM7

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COVID-19 Part 02 - Care of the ICU Patient - #132

03/31/2020

Join moderators Drs. Matt Martin, Carrie Valdez and Red Hoffman as they speak with Drs. Nick Mark, Sheldon Teperman and Alex Guerrero about the management of the critically ill patient during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nick shares his experience in Seattle and Sheldon and Alex share what is currently going on in New York City, the current epicenter of the pandemic. They discuss the management of hypoxemia (including high flow nasal cannula, ventilator strategies and proning- including a discussion of the "burrito" technique), clinical pearls regarding extubation and the role of CPR in these critically ill patients.

Our experts also discuss the importance of establishing communication channels both within your hospital and within your region and the importance of caring for and protecting both ourselves and all those we work with while "leading from the front." This is a longer episode, but definitely worth a listen, filled with real life clinical pearls that will assist you and your hospital in preparing for and caring for COVID patients.

This episode is dedicated to neurosurgeon Dr. James Goodrich, who died on Monday, March 30, 2020 from complications of the Coronavirus.

Resources discussed within this episode:

-EAST COVID-19 Resources and Information is available here: https://www.east.org/education/covid-19-resources-and-information. This is meant to be a clearinghouse of information and protocols from various societies and institutions throughout the world.

-Dr. Nick Mark's OnePager guide to the care of critically ill patients with COVID can be found here: https://www.onepagericu.com/.

-Fair allocation of scarce medical resources in the time of COVID-19 (NEJM March 23, 2020) can be found at: https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMsb2005114?articleTools=true

-A framework for rationing ventilators and critical care beds during the COVID-19 pandemic (JAMA March 27, 2020) can be found at: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763953

-The COVID Ready Communication Playbook by Vital Talk can be found at: https://www.vitaltalk.org/guides/covid-19-communication-skills/

-The proning protocol currently in use at NYC Health + Hospitals can be found here - Proning Protocol

-The burrito technique for proning is also demonstrated at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx2z26IL6g8&feature=youtu.be

-A reminder that "There are no emergencies in a pandemic."

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EAST October 2016 Literature Review: Needle Decompression of Tension Pneumothorax - Podcast #75: 02/06/2017; In this episode of EAST Traumacast, we discuss the paper "Cadaveric comparison of the optimal site for needle decompression of tension pneumothorax by prehospital care providers" with author Dr. Dan Grabo and EAST reviewer Dr. Travis Polk. The discussion highlights the changing dogma about needle decompression location -- you just might be convinced to change the way you use this technique!; Listen Download

Intraoperative Hypotensive Resuscitation - Podcast #61

08/02/2016

In this episode, we discuss an interesting study which was recently published in the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (see link below) with the study’s lead author, Dr. Matthew Carrick, and the senior author, Dr. Kenneth Mattox. Drs. Carrick and Mattox describe the extension of the hypotensive resuscitation paradigm beyond the trauma bay and into the operating room, as well as some details about how they were able to accomplish this prospective, randomized trial with exception from informed consent. In characteristic form, Dr. Mattox also challenges the audience to take on more areas of untested dogma — what he calls the “sacred cows” of patient care — and to make an impact in clinical science research.

Article Referenced
Carrick MM, Morrison CA, Tapia NM, Leonard J, Suliburk JW, Norman MA, Welsh FJ, Scott BG, Liscum KR, Raty SR, Wall MJ Jr, Mattox KL. Intraoperative hypotensive resuscitation for patients undergoing laparotomy or thoracotomy for trauma: Early termination of a randomized prospective clinical trial. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2016 Jun;80(6):886-96.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27015578

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