Course curriculum

  • 1
    Welcome!
    • About The Course
    • Short Lesson Notifications!
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  • 2
    This Week
    • Answer- Cardiac Arrest & ETCO2
    • Understanding Coup and Contrecoup
    • Shark Fin or Tombstone ECG? | Ask the Medical Director (Part 5)
    • Layers of Meninges | Exam Question
    • Layers of Meninges | Exam Question Answer
  • 3
    March 20th - 26th 2023
    • A patient with a history of hypertension
    • Answer: Pre-eclampsia
    • Is There an Association Between Time and Mortality in the Pre-hospital Setting? | Ask the Medical Director Part 4
    • Medical Pictionary 2
    • Medical Pictionary 2 Answer
    • AEIOUTIPS Neurological Assessment
    • Kidney Anatomy
    • Cardiac Arrest and ETCO2
  • 4
    March 13th - 19th 2023
    • Medical Pictionary 1
    • Medical Pictionary 1 Answer: Portal Hypertension
    • Vasopressor in Sepsis (Question)
    • Norepinephrine in Sepsis (Answer)
    • Calcium and Hyperkalemia? | Ask the Medical Director (Part 3)
    • What is Absolute and Relative Refractory Period?
    • What Rhythm is This?
    • 3rd Degree Block Patient Breakdown
  • 5
    March 6th - 10th
    • How Much blood Can You Lose?
    • Why is it MAP - ICP = CPP?
    • The Creation of Red Blood Cells
    • A Patient Presents with Difficulty Breathing and Cyanosis with No Abnormal Lung Sounds
    • Answer: Pulmonary Embolism
    • Calculating Pediatric Blood Pressures
    • Identifying the cause of PEA
  • 6
    Feb 27th - Mar 5th, 2023
    • Starlings Law
    • Avoid Hypotension in Traumatic Brain Injury
    • ETCO2 and Fluids?
    • Fluids in Cardiac Arrest?
    • Sizing Pediatric BP Cuffs
    • Resuscitation pior to Intubation
  • 7
    February 20th - 26th
    • DKA and Water
    • My Advice on Becoming a Flight Paramedic
    • Helping Patients Tolerate CPAP
    • Why Did I Become a Paramedic?
    • What's Happening to This Patient?
    • Decompressing a Tension Pneumothorax
    • Medication Half-life and Why It Matters
  • 8
    February 13th - 19th
    • V1, V2 Depression, Think Posterior MI
    • V/Q Mismatch
    • Why CO2 is so Important
    • How is CO2 Controlled?
    • Where Does CO2 Come From?
    • DKA
  • 9
    Jan 30th - Feb 5th 2023
    • How bronchoconstriction impacts ventilation
    • Understanding Anatomy and Physiology
    • Why Medications Don't Work Right Away
    • Pathophysiology of Obstructive Shock
    • How Food Becomes Useable Glucose
    • When Are You Ready To Advance?
  • 10
    February 6th -12th 2023
    • Medication is the Key
    • Breath Stacking
    • Passing Exams
    • Shark Fin ETCO2?
    • Low ETCO2 in Pulmonary Embolism?
    • What Do You Think of This ECG?
  • 11
    Shock | Jan 16th - 22nd 2023
    • Managing Wet and Cold Cardiogenic Shock
    • How Cardiac Tamponade Causes Shock
    • Beck's Triad in Cardiac Tamponade
    • How Insulin Works!
    • How Blood Vessels Control Fluid Movement
    • Fluid Shift in Sepsis
  • 12
    January 23rd - 29th 2023
    • What Happens to The Nucleus in Red Blood Cells?
    • Fluids In Heart Failure
    • It's Not Just COPD!
    • Polyuria
    • The Lungs and Diaphragm
    • Antihypertensives
  • 13
    Obstructive Shock Week (January 9th - 15th)
    • What is Shock?
    • What Is Neurogenic Shock?
    • Cardiogenic Shock
    • The Trauma Line
    • Pathophysiology of Cardiogenic Shock
    • Management of Cardiogenic Shock
  • 14
    December 18th 2022 - January 8th 2023
    • Traction Splints For Femur Fractures
    • What Bronchoconstriction Does To The Lungs
    • Cardiac Action Potential
    • Type 1 Diabetes
    • Amiodarone
    • The Difference Between Vasopressors Epinephrine and Norepinephrine
    • Albuterol vs ATROVENT
    • Nitroglycerine and It’s Benefit in Myocardial Infarction
    • How Antibiotics Work In The Body
    • How Tranexamic Acid Works
    • Ketamine in Refractory Seizures
    • How Benzodiazepines Actually Work
    • How Magnesium Sulfate Works
    • Treating Nausea with Alcohol Swabs?
    • How Narcan Works
    • How Paralytics Work
    • Why ET Tube Size Matters
    • Patient Positions
    • Calcium Channel Blockers
    • Pathophysiology of Upper GI Bleeds
    • How Chloride Can Cause Acidosis
  • 15
    December 12th - 18th 2022
    • Systemic Vascular Resistance
    • Medication Half-life and Why It Matters
    • How ARDS Causes Hypoxia
    • Increased Cranial Pressures
    • How Hypertonic Saline Helps In TBi
    • Pulmonary Embolism
  • 16
    December 5th - 11th 2022
    • Here's Why You Can't Hold Your Breath Forever
    • Why Can You Hear Gurgling?
    • SGA VS Intubation | Ask The Medical Director Part 2
    • How CPAP Improves Oxygenation
    • How To Help Your Patient Tolerate CPAP
    • Types of Fractures
  • 17
    November 21st - 27th
    • How Important Is PEEP When Using A BVM?
    • You Can Tell A Lot From Pupil Reactions
    • Pathophysiology of an Open Pneumothorax
    • How To Spot A Flail Chest
    • The Vagal Maneuver
    • 2020 Scenario Shoot BTS
  • 18
    November 28th - December 4th 2022
    • Understanding Ventilation Physiology
    • What's The Diffirence Between a STEMI and NSTEMI?
    • Understanding Axis Deviation
    • What Happens If You Don't Let Your Lungs Equalize?
    • Understanding Le Fort Facial Fractures
    • DOPE Interactive Scenario Preview
  • 19
    November 14th -20th
    • IV Location Matters
    • Alcohol and Esophageal Varices
    • Water Toxicity
    • Why Is Ventilation Becoming More Difficult With This Patient?
    • Needle Decompression
    • Ventilating Only To Chest Rise
    • Neurogenic Shock
  • 20
    October 31st - November 6th
    • Why We Should Use LR in Sepsis
    • What Lead Do You Look at First?
    • aVL for Inferior MIs?
    • Systolic, Diastolic and Mean Arterial Pressure
    • Why Don't We Defibrillate PEA?
    • Hypertension in Traumatic Brain Injuries
    • Understanding Posterior Myocardial Infarctions
  • 21
    November 7th - 13th
    • How the Brain Controls Respirations
    • How Paralytics Work
    • Why PEEP Valves Are So Important
    • A Quick Review of Pediatric BVM Ventilation
    • How Should We Report for Trauma Patients? | Ask the Medical Director (Part 1)
    • Ventilate Only To Chest Rise in Pediatrics?
    • Adult BVM vs Pediatric BVM
  • 22
    October 23rd - 30th 2022
    • Why Do We Need So Much More Muscle In The Left Ventricle?
    • What Rhythm is This?
    • Sepsis Patient with PVCs
    • Bilateral Blood Pressures In Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm?
    • Bradycardia In Inferior MIs?
    • How CPAP Works To Improve Ventilation
    • Absolute Relative Refractory Periods
  • 23
    October 10th - 23rd 2022
    • Hypotension In 3rd Trimester Pregnancy?
    • How To Perform an IO
    • How Fast Should Our Compressions Be?
    • Landmarking for a Cricothyrotomy
    • Alpha1, Beta1 and Beta 2
    • What do we call this condition?
    • Why TIAs are still dangerous
  • 24
    October 10th - 16th 2022
    • P Waves In Atrial Fibrillation
    • Sealing an Open Pneumothorax
    • The Pathophysiology of bundle branch blocks
    • The Physiology of Capillaries and Blood Flow
    • Isotonic Fluids Leave The Blood Vessel?
    • Why Do Patients Get Peripheral Edema?
  • 25
    September 26th - October 2nd 2022
    • How I Manage My Mental Health
    • Hypotension In Brain Injuries
    • Ventilating A Pediatric Patient
    • The Difference Between Hyperextension and and Hyperlexion
    • Pupil Reactions
    • Traction In Femur Fractures
  • 26
    October 2nd - 9th 2022
    • How do you treat this unstable monomorphic V-tach patient?
    • The R-on-T Phenomenon
    • Here's Why We're Extremely Cautious During CPR
    • Understanding Preload
    • Understanding Afterload
    • How We Compensate For Shock
  • 27
    September 19th - 25th 2022
    • Identifying Appendicitis
    • Pediatrics In Shock
    • Red Blood Cells
    • Rebound Tenderness
    • Basic Airway Skills
    • The Flow of The Blood Through The Heart
  • 28
    September 12th - 18th 2022
    • Pathophysiology of Left Ventricular Failure
    • Pathophysiology of Right Ventricular Failure
    • Blood Pressure on Pediatrics
    • Corticosteroids in Sepsis?
    • How Much Blood Can You Lose?
    • For Everyone Wondering...