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 21: Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall...
...Which is the better of them all? Alkalosis, or Acidosis? We know both can be incredibly challenging to treat, but what about the theory that athletes are intentionally making themselves alkalotic to see improved health benefits? How can there be benefits to it if shallow-water blackouts are related to the induced alkalosis? It all seems contradictory, but join me as we dissect these two sides of the acid-base balance, and see if there is more to this than just being a fad.
