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 4 Episode 2 - The OXY-PICU Trial Said to do What??
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For those who aren't aware, there really isn't much benefit to SpO2 >94%. We have talked about this ad nauseum in other episodes before. The AHA tells us 94-99% for an SpO2 range for various reasons. However a recently-released trial, the Oxy-PICU trial, a multi-center randomized control trial, recently released data showing that children actually fair better if kept in the 88-92% range during certain medical conditions especially when intubated. It is a very interesting study to read through, but like any other study, do not just take it at face value or just stop at the abstract.
