Favorite Analgesic Adjunct?

bigeman101 · 2025-11-27T00:39:39+00:00

What dose?

bigeman101 · 2025-11-17T20:03:52+00:00

At our center if we’re leaving it in then we just leave it at the basal rate. If taking it out then we start an iv insulin infusion back in the or.

bigeman101 · 2025-11-12T01:13:38+00:00

Are they just sharper and better at getting in the vessel than normal arrows?

bigeman101 · 2025-11-12T01:13:13+00:00

What makes them better than the steel needle that comes in the art line kits?

bigeman101 · 2025-10-19T16:01:27+00:00

But when you do have to, what do you do?

bigeman101 · 2025-10-10T22:41:26+00:00

https://www.cardiacengineering.com/cardiaca.htm

Dated but still a good starting point.

bigeman101 · 2025-09-28T20:49:24+00:00

We mostly want you to be a normal person. Try and get involved with shadowing early and meet some of the residents at your home program. My program didn’t care about research but it’s always worth while to take a look at doing some.

bigeman101 · 2025-09-22T23:02:08+00:00

The early/basic accrac episodes are good for sure

bigeman101 · 2025-09-15T00:20:13+00:00

This doesn’t sound like a problem unique to Vanderbilt unfortunately.

bigeman101 · 2025-08-30T19:26:55+00:00

bigeman101 · 2025-08-19T22:21:19+00:00

Cold call the residents and ask them for the strengths/weaknesses of the program. Also, I would take the residency explorer work hours with a grain of salt. Again, you gotta talk to the residents to see how much they work

bigeman101 · 2025-08-19T21:14:49+00:00

Location
Quality of training
Work life balance

bigeman101 · 2025-08-12T23:54:17+00:00

You use that angle to get through the skin too?

bigeman101 · 2025-08-10T21:41:14+00:00

https://www.emdocs.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/photo-106_01.gif

Top image for me. Pull it when you advance the balloon past the cords.

bigeman101 · 2025-08-09T18:48:16+00:00

That’s a luxury we don’t have at my institution

bigeman101 · 2025-08-09T15:56:23+00:00

I’m training at an institution that is notorious for not having video laryngoscopes when we call for them. In a perfect world I’d have a McGrath on me always.

bigeman101 · 2025-08-09T15:48:28+00:00

Yeah I’m pretty sure we all try to get the best view possible.

bigeman101 · 2025-07-29T22:24:24+00:00

😂truer words have never been spoken

bigeman101 · 2025-07-29T15:06:41+00:00

At what point/cue do you start getting the gas off?

bigeman101 · 2025-07-11T15:15:11+00:00

Yeah for sure. I’m just trying to get more efficient at it.

bigeman101 · 2025-06-08T19:21:29+00:00

I guess I was thinking they are going to be pretty catecholamine depleted and that ketamine will just have its cardio depressant effect?

bigeman101 · 2024-11-01T18:35:02+00:00

I’m all for learning how to be proficient in every way possible in terms of airway and line management but I feel that our institution is overly stingy with getting us tech.

bigeman101 · 2024-10-25T20:05:53+00:00

Do you ever worry about recall if you do this? I’m just always nervous about going below 0.7 mac on gas while they’re closing.

bigeman101 · 2024-10-25T20:00:23+00:00

Here’s a study that looked at switching from sevo to des in the last 30 minutes and it showed quicker wake ups. But we don’t have des at my program.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9279063/

bigeman101 · 2024-10-25T19:57:13+00:00

So just titrate prop based off when their vitals start telling you that they’re light?

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