The Synapse Critical Care & Emergency Medicine Podcast
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 open to any and all Emergency Medicine and Critical Care healthcare providers both in and out-of-hospital. Every effort is made to put out as many various topics to cater to everyone's interests and levels. Leave your technician hat outside, put on your clinician hat, and join us!
**Disclosures:
1) This is a non-monetary podcast, created and edited for free for your enjoyment and learning purposes.
2) The opinions and information presented in these podcast episodes is based off of up-to-date research, the latest evidence-based-guidelines, and/or anecdotal experience/opinions of the author.
3) Under no circumstances does this podcast or the information presented within each episode serve as authorization to work outside your guidelines, protocols, or workplace rules otherwise. When in doubt, contact Medical Control for guidance.
The Synapse Critical Care & Emergency Medicine Podcast
The Synapse Season 2 Episode 88 - Sliding Scale Insulin is Not Really Helpful...Change My Mind
Sliding scale insulin is often used in the hospital, especially in-patient. However, there is a multitude of issues that comes with it for our hyperglycemic patients, with the primary issue being that SSI is more of a knee-jerk reaction than a proactive treatment. Doing something because we have always done it that way is not something I enjoy hearing. This episode lays out all of the compelling science-backed reasons why SSI should NOT be the weapon of choice for hyperglycemic patients especially in-patient, whether NPO or not...change my mind? Let's see after you listen in!
