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Author: Jeff Thomas

I Didn’t Even Know how to Spell Wipple …Whipple:

  • by Jeff Thomas
  • Posted on September 9, 2020
  • Critical Care

Stabilizing patients with surgical emergencies for transport can be especially challenging. This post discusses the “basics” to this while introducing a fairly common surgery with a rather uncommon complication.

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Cleviprex – Why have I never heard of this stuff?

  • by Jeff Thomas
  • Posted on December 14, 2019December 14, 2019
  • Critical Care

A “new but not so new” calcium channel blocker that we will see and use a lot more of in the near future. This post provides some valuable information and insights

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Awake, Paralyzed and Transported- A Pharmacological Failure when Transporting an ECMO Patient

  • by Jeff Thomas
  • Posted on May 13, 2019May 15, 2019
  • Critical Care

This is a nightmare for both patient and caregiver alike. Imagine being told by your sedated and paralyzed ECMO patient that he could hear everything going on around him; that he could remember his transport; and that he has been experiencing perpetual nightmares.

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A Gravid Situation that was Never Grave

Just Because we Can, Doesn’t Mean we Should

If a Little is Good, More Must be Better…Right?

When you can’t get past “A” of the ABC’s

What is Going On in There?

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  • A Gravid Situation that was Never Grave June 9, 2021
    Most obstetrical transports that we are tasked with involve some sort of “obstetrical emergency,” requiring rapid transport to a facility that specializes in high-risk obstetrics. In this case, the primary problem was a respiratory diagnosis
    Tim Vesper
  • Just Because we Can, Doesn’t Mean we Should April 20, 2021
    When is "enough" considered enough? Where is our place as Critical Care Transport Providers to help with this decision? Do we have a place? There is often much debate related to that question. Here is one crew's perspective related to one interaction.
    Alyssa Diroff
  • If a Little is Good, More Must be Better…Right? April 20, 2021
    If you are practicing medicine in any capacity, you have undoubtedly heard about Narcan campaigns aimed at saving lives compromised by narcotic overdoses. These campaigns have placed Narcan kits into the hands of police officers, EMS personnel, prison workers, and even the average citizen. We’ve heard the praises of Narcan, but are there any potential […]
    Wendy Wieneke
  • When you can’t get past “A” of the ABC’s February 10, 2021
    As transport professionals, we are trained in various airway techniques up to and including surgical airways. But what happens when you are called to “manage” an airway that presents challenges for well-trained Emergency Room physicians and skilled ENT specialists? We will present and discuss this very situation.
    Wendy Wieneke
  • What is Going On in There? February 9, 2021
    There is arguably nothing more anxiety inducing in the Emergency Room than managing a difficult airway. With that said, imagining having to do it TWICE...
    Joetta Dubois
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