Link To EMC’s “Ep 124 Burn and Inhalation Injuries: ED Wound Care, Resuscitation and Airway Management” – An Awesome Minicourse

Here is the link to Emergency Medicine Cases’ “Ep 124 Burn and Inhalation Injuries: ED Wound Care, Resuscitation and Airway Management“, May, 2019. Episode 124 is an awesome minicourse that is 1:44:43 long.

I’ve put time stamps on the various sections so I can easily listen to specific topics word for word.

Always Consider Non-accidental Trauma in The Pediatric Burn Injury Patient From EMC 124

5:00 – 7:20

EM Cases main episode podcast on Pediatric Non-Accidental Trauma

First Aid For Burns From EMC 124

7:30 – 1030

Managing Burn-Associated Pain From EMC 124

10:30 – 13:45

Burn Classification: Don’t Use 1st, 2nd, 3rd Degree And Burn Assessment Pitfalls From EMC 124

13:45 – 22:00

Burn Size Estimation From EMC 124

22:00 – 29:50

Summarizing Burn Classification, Burn Assessment Pitfalls, and Burn Size Estimation From EMC 124

29:50 – 31:30

Wound Care In Burn Injuries From EMC 124

31:30 – 36:55

Burn Injuries Blisters – to debride or not to debride? From EMC 124

36:55 – 41:00

Indications For Consultation To A Burn Center

41:00 – 43:10

Review of Wound Care

43:10 – 44:50

Resuscitation of the Burn and Inhalation Injuries Patient From EMC 124

44:50 – 51:00

Airway Considerations in the Burn and Inhalation Injuries Patient From EMC 124

51:00 – 57:50

A note on awake intubation – Dr. George Kovacs From EMC 124

57:50 – 1:10:30

[The show notes are excellent as usual but I need to add word for word on talk at 57:50 – 59:14, 1:05:30 – (on anesthetic dyspnea), and 1:08:00 on larygospasm* caused by local anesthetic to the cords (and as always in any airway manuever be ready to recognize and treat laryngospasm)]

*See and review Managing laryngospasm in the emergency department, by Dr. Justin Morgenstern|Published March 3, 2016-Updated January 13, 2019 from First10 EM.

More On Smoke Inhalation Generally

1:10:30 – 1:14:10

[There are so many pearls in this brief section I need to make a transcript – later]

One key concept is to be alert for an early metabolic acidosis. An early metabolic acidosis can be a sign of cyanide poisoning but is more often due to under-resuscitation [I’m not sure of the context of this statement-need to relisten to this]

Indications for ED Escharotomy From EMC 124

1:14:10 – 1:19:00

Cyanide Poisoning in Burn and Inhalation Injuries And Treatment of suspected cyanide poisoning From EMC 124

1:19:00 – 1:27:20

Fluid Resuscitation in Burn and Inhalation Injuries From EMC 124

1:28:40 – 1:35:00

Maintaining Normothermia in Burn and Inhalation Injuries And There is No Role for Prophylactic Antibiotics in Burn and Inhalation Injuries From EMC 124

Indications for Consultation to a Burn Center And Key Take Home Points for Burn and Inhalation Injuries From EMC 124

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