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!
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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 3 Episode 2 - ECCO2R in ARDS
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By now most of you have probably heard of ECMO, and if you tuned into my Intro to ECMO podcast, you should have a pretty solid understanding of what it is and how it helps oxygenate our patients when traditional methods fail. Well, what about severe ARDS refractory to standard treatments where we need super-lung-protective volumes and minute volumes with Vt's down near 3-4mL/kg? In the past we would be hesitant to approach these levels due to hypercarbia and other issues. But enter ECCO2R, which is like a mini-version of ECMO but instead of adding oxygen to the blood outside the body, we are actually able to clear pH and PaCO2 so that their baby/injured lungs can handle the super-low minute volumes. Intrigued? Tune in to learn more!
