Presented for CEUs to the California State Trauma Committee on January 8th, 2024. Additional availability pending. Below are the links offered as resources.

• Don’t Forget the Calcium (In Trauma)

  • https://criticalcarenow.com/dont-forget-the-calcium-in-trauma/

• A review of transfusion- and trauma-induced hypocalcemia: Is it time to change the lethal triad to the lethal diamond?

  • https://emcrit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Official-JTACS-Lethal-Diamond.pdf

• ACS TQIP – Massive Transfusion in Trauma Guidelines

  • https://www.facs.org/media/zcjdtrd1/transfusion_guildelines.pdf

• Hypocalcemia in Military Casualties From Point of Injury to Surgical Teams in Afghanistan

  • https://emcrit.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MilMed.pdf

• Calcium Part 1 – Labpedia

  • https://labpedia.net/calcium-part-1-serum-calcium-total-hypercalcemia-and-hypocalcemia/

• The diamond of death: Hypocalcemia in trauma and resuscitation

  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0735675720311852?via%3Dihub

• Joint Trauma System CPG – Damage Control Resuscitation

  • https://jts.health.mil/assets/docs/cpgs/Damage_Control_Resuscitation_12_Jul_2019_ID18.pdf

• Notice of Hospitals regarding ceftriaxone-calcium incompatibility

  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2826919/

• Concomitant Ceftriaxone and Intravenous Calcium Therapy in Infants

  • https://meridian.allenpress.com/jppt/article/26/7/702/470834/Concomitant-Ceftriaxone-and-Intravenous-Calcium

Presented for CEUs on May 22nd, 2024 at CFED 2024 in Indian Wells, CA. Additional availability pending. Below are the links offered as resources.

• ROME Method ABG Interpretation

  • https://www.registerednursern.com/rome-method-abg-interpretation-uncompensated-vs-compensated/

• ABG Tic tac toe

  • https://nurseslabs.com/arterial-blood-gas-abgs-interpretation-guide/

• Winter's formula revisited

  • https://pulmonarychronicles.com/index.php/pulmonarychronicles/article/view/512/1131

• Henderson-Hasselbach Equation

  • https://chem.libretexts.org/Ancillary_Materials/Reference/Organic_Chemistry_Glossary/Henderson-Hasselbach_Equation

• All about Base Excess

  • https://acutecaretesting.org/en/articles/all-about-base-excess--to-be-or-not-to-be

• PaCO2-EtCO2 Gradient: Don't forget the bubbles

  • https://dontforgetthebubbles.com/the-paco2-etco2-gradient/

• Predictive Value of Capnography for Suspected Diabetic Ketoacidosis in the Emergency Department

  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3876300/

• Comparing QSOFA Scores to EtCO2 as Mortality Predictors in Prehospital Patients with Suspected Sepsis

  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5942006/

• Partial Pressures - Virginia Tech School of Medicine

  • https://med.libretexts.org/Courses/Virginia_Tech_Carilion_School_of_Medicine/Pulmonary_Physiology_for_Pre-Clinical_Students_(Binks)/07%3A_Fundamentals_of_Gas_Exchange/7.01%3A_Partial_pressures#:~:text=Full%20Book-,Page,-Downloads

• EtCO2 as a predictor of patient outcomes

  • https://www.emra.org/emresident/article/cca-etco2

• Hyperventilation in adult TBI

  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7875871/

• Full References (PDF from my Google Drive) Click Here

Presented for CEUs on May 21, 2024 at CFED 2024 in Indian Wells, CA. Additional availability pending. Below are the links offered as resources.

• Life in the Fast Lane - Pacemaker Rhythms

  • https://litfl.com/pacemaker-rhythms-normal-patterns/

• Refractory septic shock: our pragmatic approach

  • https://ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13054-018-2144-4

• Vasopressor Nonresponse NUEM Blog

  • https://www.nuemblog.com/blog/vasopressor-nonresponse

• EmCrit Vasopressors

  • https://emcrit.org/ibcc/pressors/

• Alternative Pharmacological Management of Vasopressor Extravasation in the Absence of Phentolamine

  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5565133/

• PulmCrit - High Dose Vasopressors

  • https://emcrit.org/pulmcrit/high-dose-vasopressor/

• Vasopressin in Sepsis and Other Shock States: State of the Art

  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10672256/

• Full References (PDF from my Google Drive) Here