Course curriculum

  • 1
    Welcome!
    • About The Course
    • Short Lesson Notifications!
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  • 2
    This Week
    • Blood transfusions in Pediatrics?
    • Women Working in EMS (Part 1 Preview) | with Ginger Locke
    • Where does a AAA actually occur?
    • Bilateral BPs in AAA?
  • 3
    Last Week
    • The view of the carina
    • Should we intubate during cardiac arrest?
    • Becoming a Paramedic (Part 2) | Preview
    • Why we see changes in blood pressure when AAA occur
    • What inside the lung really looks like
  • 4
    Short Airway Lessons
    • Lidocaine or Amiodarone? | Ask the Medical Director (Part 23)
    • What’s better for intubation?
    • Lots of blankets??
    • Direct or Video Laryngoscope? Ask the Medical Director (Part 23)
    • It's Not Just COPD!
    • Why CO2 is so Important
    • How is CO2 Controlled?
    • Oxygen Saturation in ROSC | Ask the Medical Director (Part 15)
    • Would This Patient Benifit from CPAP?
    • Ruptured Esophageal Varices (Dean Stockley Blog, August 22nd, 2023)
    • How to Fix Ventilation Problems with MRSOPA
    • Airway Burn Management (Preview)
    • How CPAP Works to improve Oxygenation
    • How to Deliver Precise Volumes with a BVM
    • Testing Different Sizes of BVMs
    • How Bronchoconstriction Impacts Ventilation
    • SGA's and ET Tubes? | Ask the Medical Director Part 13
    • CPAP vs BiPAP
    • Don't Forget To Let Them Exhale!
    • Bundle Branch Blocks
    • What Happens to the Nerves in MS?
    • Quickly Identifying Causes of Respiratory Distress
    • Hyperventilation During Herniation?
    • Hyperventilation During Herniation? | Answer
    • Quick Mask Seal Tip
    • How Does CO2 Impact pH?
    • Tension Pneumothorax | Medical Pictionary 3 Answer
    • A patient with a history of hypertension
    • Answer: Pre-eclampsia
    • Respiratory Compensation in Metabolic Acidosis
    • Resuscitation pior to Intubation
    • Helping Patients Tolerate CPAP
    • Decompressing a Tension Pneumothorax
    • Where Does CO2 Come From?
    • Breath Stacking
  • 5
    Podcast Episode Previews
    • CISM | with Adam Stanchak (Podcast Preview)
    • Law and order in EMS with David Givot (Preview)
    • Mental Resiliency | with James Boomhower (Preview)
    • Pediatric Patients Part 1 | with Meg Brazzel (Preview)
  • 6
    Short Pediatric and Neonate Lessons
    • IV Locations for Infants
    • Checking the heart rate on an infant
    • How Do You Know if You Need to Resuscitate an Infant?
    • PEEP in Neonatal Resuscitation
    • Infant CPR
    • Pediatric Airway positioning
    • Pediatric Ventilation Tips
    • Pediatrics in Shock
    • Pediatric Cardiac Arrest | Ask the Medical Director (Part 8)
    • Calculating Pediatric Blood Pressures
    • Sizing Pediatric BP Cuffs
  • 7
    Short Environmental Emergency Lessons
    • Cold Water Submersion for Hypothermic Patients? | Ask the Medical Director (Part 21)
  • 8
    Short Obstetrics Lessons
    • Hypotension in 3rd-Trimester Pregnancy?
    • OBGYN Emergency
    • Ectopic Pregnancy
    • Causes of antepartum hemorrhage in pregnancy
  • 9
    Short Neurological Emergency Lessons
    • AEIOUTIPS Neurological Assessment
    • Petite Mal Seizures
    • What Is Neurogenic Shock?
    • FAST Stroke Assessment
    • Understanding Coup and Contrecoup
  • 10
    Short Cardiology Lessons
    • Hypotension in Atrial Fibrillation
    • How Contractility Works
    • V1, V2 Depression, Think Posterior MI
    • What Do You Think of This ECG?
    • Low ETCO2 in Pulmonary Embolism
    • Why We See Shark Fin ETCO2 Waveforms
    • 12 Leads 101
    • New Way to defibrilate? | Ask the Medical Director (Part 20)
    • Fluids in Cardiac Arrest
    • PEEP Valves in Cardiac Arrest
    • Bicarbonate in Cardiac Arrest?
    • Defibrillating a PEA Arrest?
    • Should He Have Stopped CPR?
    • Why Hyperventilation is so Dangerous During Cardiac Arrest
    • Beck's Triad in Cardiac Tamponade
    • Nitroglycerine and Its Benefit in Myocardial Infarction
    • Why ET Tube Size Matters
    • Cardiac Action Potential
    • V:Q Mismatch
    • Using Calcium in Cardiac Arrest? | Ask the Medical Director (Part 7)
    • Cardiac Arrest and ETCO2
    • Answer- Cardiac Arrest & ETCO2
    • Using Epinephrine Through IO or IV in Cardiac Arrest? | Ask the Medical Director Part 6
    • Shark Fin or Tombstone ECG? | Ask the Medical Director (Part 5)
    • Which Areas of the Heart are Affected? | Exam Question
    • Which Areas of the Heart are Affected? | Exam Question Answer
    • 3rd Degree Block Patient Breakdown
    • Calcium and Hyperkalemia? | Ask the Medical Director (Part 3)
    • Identifying the cause of PEA
    • Starlings Law
    • ETCO2 and Fluids?
  • 11
    Short Shock and Sepsis Lessons
    • Quick Vagal Manuever Tip
    • Managing Wet and Cold Cardiogenic Shock
    • How Cardiac Tamponade Causes Shock
    • How Insulin Works!
    • Beck's Triad in Cardiac Tamponade
    • How Blood Vessels Control Fluid Movement
    • Fluid Shift in Sepsis
    • What is Shock?
    • What Is Neurogenic Shock?
    • Cardiogenic Shock
    • Meeting our time goals in STEMI activation, does it really matter? | Ask the Medical Director
    • Pathophysiology of Cardiogenic Shock
    • Management of Cardiogenic Shock
    • Are We Treating Status Epilepticus Correctly? | Ask the Medical Director (Part 18)
    • Your Seizure Patientis Exausted
    • Treatment Strategy in Septic Shock
    • Hemorrhagic Shock Patient with Low ETCO2 - Question
    • Hemorrhagic Shock Patient with Low ETCO2 - Answer
    • Norepinephrine in Sepsis
    • Fluid Shift in Sepsis
    • Treating Hypoxic Failure
    • Isotonic Fluids in Hemorrhagic Shock | Ask the Medical Director (Part 9)
    • Vasopressor in Sepsis (Question)
    • Norepinephrine in Sepsis (Answer)
    • Pathophysiology of Obstructive Shock
  • 12
    Short Anatomy Lessons
    • Alpha and Beta Receptors
    • DKA
    • DKA and Water
    • Treating Nausea with Alcohol Swabs
    • Kidney Anatomy
    • Transient Ischemic Attacks
    • Why TIAs are still Dangerous
    • TBI Case (Dean Stockley Blog, August 29th, 2023)
    • Does This Patient Require Blood?
    • Resuscitation with Blood and Components
    • Why Patients Get Peripheral Edema
    • Alpha 1, Beta 1 and Beta 2
    • Understanding Anatomy and Physyiology
    • Why Asthmatics Have Trouble Breathing
    • Bilateral Blood Pressures in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm?
    • How Nerve Signals Travel
    • Patient Pupil Reactions
    • Layers of Meninges | Exam Question
    • Layers of Meninges | Exam Question Answer
    • How Much blood Can You Lose?
    • Why is it MAP - ICP = CPP?
    • The Creation of Red Blood Cells
    • How Food Becomes Useable Glucose
    • What Happens to The Nucleus in Red Blood Cells?
    • The Lungs and Diaphragm
    • Polyuria
  • 13
    Short Trauma Lessons
    • The Trauma Line
    • Tourniquet Time
    • No Blood? What Should You Do?
    • Vasopressors in Hemorrhagic Shock?
    • Avoid Hypotension in Traumatic Brain Injury
    • Traction Splints For Femur Fractures
  • 14
    Short EMS Operations Lessons
    • Is This Device Useful?
    • Direct or Video Laryngoscopy? What’s better? | Ask the Medical Director (Part 17)
    • Paramedics Respond to a Mental Health Call | Staged Scenario
    • Making the Most out of Medical Scenarios
    • Working on Mindset
    • Removing Air Pocket from a Syringe
    • Is There an Association Between Time and Mortality in the Pre-hospital Setting? | Ask the Medical Director Part 4
    • My Advice on Becoming a Flight Paramedic
    • Why Did I Become a Paramedic?
    • Passing Exams
    • When Are You Ready To Advance?
    • Patient Positions
  • 15
    Short Pharmacology Lessons
    • TXA in Upper GI Bleeds? | Ask the Medical Director (Part 14)
    • Using TXA with TBI Patients? | Ask the Medical Director
    • How Narcan Works
    • Medication is the Key
    • Using Saline to Avoid Post-Intubation Hypotension | Ask the Medical Director
    • How Paralytics Work
    • Amiodarone VS Lidocaine | Ask the Medical Director (Part 19)
    • How Insulin Works
    • What is Absolute and Relative Refractory Period?
    • The Diffirence Between Vasoppressors Epinephrine and Norepinephrine
    • How Antibiotics Work in the Body
    • How Magnesium Sulfate Works
    • Medication Affinity
    • Why Medications Don't Work Right Away
    • Med Math Simplified
    • Narcan or Ventilations? | Case Study Breakdown (April 7th, 2023)
    • Medication Half-life and Why It Matters
    • Antihypertensives
    • Amiodarone
    • Albuterol vs ATROVENT
    • Ketamine in Refractory Seizures
    • How Benzodiazepines Actually Work
    • Calcium Channel Blockers
    • How Chloride Can Cause Acidosis
    • How Magnesium Sulfate Works
    • Nitroglycerine and It’s Benefit in Myocardial Infarction
    • Systemic Vascular Resistance