When faced with life-threatening infections or acute bacterial illnesses, providers wield a powerful - antibiotics.

Serotonin Syndrome (or Serotonin Toxicity) is an uncommon and complex life-threatening condition that is caused by too much serotonin in...

As a critical care provider, you decide based on the clinical presentation and assessment of a patient with a traumatic head injury and...

Why does Succinylcholine have a laundry list of contraindications? Why is it the neuromuscular blocker that induces fasciculations? What...

Okay, let’s talk all things Midazolam (Versed). It is a ubiquitous drug; we give it for anything from seizures to procedural sedation....

I have to start off by saying I do have a small bias here and that this reading is largely a "Why I'd choose Rocuronium or...

Let’s talk all things Etomidate. Then again, when we decide to use this drug, typically we are dealing with a rather low...

The list is probably shorter for what Ketamine is not given for. It’s a ubiquitous drug and for that reason, it’s important to understand...

** First to "Comment + Share" with the name of the video game referenced in the title slide gets free FOAMfrat Stickers ** In some of my...

I have to credit Jace Mullen as he was the first to make mention of this on Twitter. Thanks to my fellow FOAMFratter Jace I have a new...

My first clinical ride-along with the local Fire Department was a cardiac arrest. As we walked into the room, we quickly hit a wall of...

Sam and I sit down and and chat with our new friend @ChillaPharmD about : -Intubating the hypotensive patient. -Her perspective on the...

I was given a vial of epi, a bag of D5w to mix it in and instructions to titrate as needed. I sent patients on a blood pressure roller...

I was watching a TED talk the other day and heard an interesting quote. Anil Seth, who was discussing consciousness stated: "Anesthesia...

"Metoclopa...propa....ah &%%^...Reglan!" I do not routinely see programs carrying metoclopramide for pre-hospital management of...

I would imagine ondansetron to be one of the most commonly administered medications in emergency medicine. For whatever reason, it has...

So the other day I kinda mouthed off on FB... oops. (In my defense, I was about 14 hours in to my fasting period) I will openly admit...

The Neuro-Endocrine Pathway The release of epinephrine and norepinephrine are regulated primarily by the nervous system. Epinephrine and...

Let’s talk about baking soda, we use it to clean laundry, brush our teeth, and absorb those odd and unpleasant smells coming from the...

Podcast 56 - IM/IN Ped Dosing w/ Peter Antevy Common Questions: "I don't like using intra-nasal meds because they never seem to work."...