The Synapse (Memorial Hospital MaineHealth)
The Synapse is a Critical Care and Emergency Medicine podcast breaking down topics and case studies into simple easy-to-digest segments to help build paramedic, nurse, and other pre-hospital and hospital clinicians into more robust providers. This podcast is tailored to the staff of the Mount Washington Valley EMS Program and the Memorial Hospital, but is open to any and all Emergency Medicine and Critical Care healthcare providers both in and out-of-hospital. Leave your technician hat outside, put on your clinician hat, and join us!
The Synapse (Memorial Hospital MaineHealth)
The Synapse Season 2 Episode 5 - Early Vasopressor Use in Massive PE
We know large fluid bolus' in massive PE are not helpful. What about early vasopressor usage while awaiting the TNK? This begs the question of which pressor and why? Perhaps Norepi is not the one we should reach for first, and maybe look for something that can provide inotropy, despite the increase in HR...?
