Summary: MedicCast Episode 223 The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network (http://promednetwork.com). (http://www.mediccast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/itunesnew.jpg) Subscribe with iTunes here! A podcast for EMT's, Paramedics, and other medical providers of all kinds. ————————– Sponsored by the MedicCast Extra (../../amember/signup.php),and MedicCast Store (http://store.mediccast.com/) Extra Content for MedicCast Listeners for less than $1 per day (via monthly subscription) * NREMT Study and Prep Tips * All Tips and Meds segments from the MedicCast and Nursing Show as separate downloadable files * Special iTunes Podcast Feed for Members – Get the segments as a podcast * Extra Members-Only content added monthly MedicCast Listener Deals at GoDaddy.com (http://godaddy.com/) Code BLU27 gets you 10% off your order at checkout Code POD27 gets you 10% off any web hosting order at checkout Try them out and get your piece of the internet at GoDaddy.com (http://godaddy.com/)! -------------------------- Listener Links: NYC EMS Rapper link (http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/06/02/2010-06-02_paramedicturnedrapper_turns_to_youtube_to_promote_music_videos_about_ems_unit.html) Inflight Emergencies Article (http://www.jems.com/article/patient-care/handling-flight-medical-emerge) Inflight Emergencies MedicCast Episode 56 (http://www.mediccast.com/blog/2007/03/04/inflight-treatment-nitroglycerine-and-episode-56/) EMS News--- Medical Community Responds to Prescription Drug Abuse (http://www.prweb.com/releases/drugabuse/painmanagement/prweb4010774.htm) Secondhand Car Seats May Not be 'Bargain' (http://www.lincolncourier.com/lifestyles/family/x1182282453/Secondhand-childs-car-seat-may-not-be-bargain-EMT-says) EMSA Issues First Heat Alert (http://www.newsok.com/emsa-issues-first-heat-alert-of-season-in-oklahoma-city-area/article/3465005?custom_click=pod_headline_health) -------------- Tip This Week --- Patient Airway Management Before anything else, establishment of a patent airway is the top priority when dealing with patients with multiple problems. A good knowledge of anatomy and physiology is the starting point for airway management. The team approach is very important when dealing with a potentially difficult airway. The leader of the team should be established, and team coordination under his guidance should be expected. There are different devices or equipment that can be used to open up the airway, some of them are the supraglottic airway devices and combitubes. In the process of intubation, EMS providers should always have a back up plan in case the intubation fails and solutions should be prepared in advance. For practical reason, airway management has been divided into four (4) algorithms. * Main algorithm * Crash algorithm * Difficult airway algorithm * Failed airway algorithm For more details on the airway algorithms and airway management, follow the links below. Airway Management in the ICU (http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/443567) NREMT Exam Coordinator Documents (https://www.nremt.org/nremt/about/exam_coord_man.asp) Supraglottic Airway Devices (http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/578622_17) ---------------------------- Contact Me! Call the Voice Mail Line -- (941) 306-3342 email me at podmedic@mac.com (mailto:podmedic@mac.com) --------------------------- Song this week: Laura Clapp (http://www.lauraclapp.com/) with "I’m Not Responsible" (http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/images/badgeitunes61x15dark.gif) Click here to get Songs from the MedicCast (http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=F8fXfrcbE/o&offerid=78941.520167584&type=10&subid=) at the iTunes Store. ————————————- Until next time, Scene safety, BSI! (http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/88x31.png) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License
