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The High Life: an Altitude Illness Guidebook
An altitude illness guidebook
Cassandra Asberry
8 min read

The Physiologic CRASH: Identifying Peri-Intubation Abnormalities
Unnervingly high rates of peri-intubation complications can occur. We’ve all heard that statement, or at least something comparable. Some...
Jared Patterson
10 min read


A Tale of Two Crics
This post isn’t going to teach you the skills of performing a surgical cricothyrotomy. There are already some incredible resources out...
foamfrat
5 min read

Malignant Hyperthermia
As a critical care provider, you decide based on the clinical presentation and assessment of a patient with a traumatic head injury and...
Brittany Grandfield
5 min read


My Affective Failure as an EMS Medical Director
Anyone who has been through paramedic school in the past decade has probably heard of the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills) and...
Tom Grawey, DO
4 min read

ROCURONIUM
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...
Jared Patterson
9 min read

Pharmacology Not Taught in Medic School: Etomidate Edition
Let’s talk all things Etomidate. Then again, when we decide to use this drug, typically we are dealing with a rather low...
Jake Good
5 min read

Pharmacology Not Taught in Medic School: Ketamine Edition
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...
Jake Good
7 min read

K.O. Induction & Paralysis
** First to "Comment + Share" with the name of the video game referenced in the title slide gets free FOAMfrat Stickers ** In some of my...
Jared Patterson
10 min read


3 Things You Need to Know about Trachs
There's a cardiac arrest in progress, and we're coming in as a second crew. The code is taking place at a local nursing home, and CPR is...
FOAMfrat
13 min read


Airway Manifesto - Part 3: Video Laryngoscope
Know how to use your laryngoscope appropriately, break it through practice, and use progressive laryngoscope to get The View.
Adam LaChappelle
5 min read

Podcast 85 - Thoughts On Roc Dosing #TwoVariables
A few days ago I put up a thought experiment blog on generalizing the dose of rocuronium to 100 mg for anyone over the age of 18 years...
Tyler Christifulli
4 min read


Fixed Dose Paralytics (Thought Experiement)
Here on FOAMfrat we do a lot of thought experiments. I would like you to consider the pro's and con's of relatively fixed dose paralytics...
Tyler Christifulli
2 min read


The Airway Manifesto - Part 2: Intubator's Creed
Defend the airway with all tools available. Be intentional, methodical, and steadfast in your commitment to serve your patients through aggr
Adam LaChappelle
3 min read


The Airway Manifesto- Part 1: Clean Kill
We fool ourselves and get a clean kill with a laryngoscope if proceed to intubate without a methodical, evidence-based practice to actively
Adam LaChappelle
7 min read

Feel The Seal
One handed face-mask EC seal SUCKS! Two handed EC seal is okay, but you’re better off to "Feel the Seal" and provide thumbs down...
Adam LaChapelle
3 min read

Podcast 77 - Analytic (Static & Dynamic) ETT Confirmation w/ Mike Brown
Let's have a little chat about static and dynamic tube confirmation. I organized a few graphs to show my current thought process. When...
Tyler Christifulli
1 min read

Podcast 76 - The Airway Gauntlet w/ Dr. Pickett
The Airway Gauntlet! Is there any benefit to reap from the obligatory "Airway Gauntlet" day of medic school. Remember this day?...
Tyler Christifulli
1 min read

Vodcast 60 - Intubation Checklist
You might love checklists, or maybe you might hate them. Either way, I found my service in need of a somewhat standardized system to go...
Sam Ireland
1 min read


Why Do You..... Q&A w/ Jeff Jarvis
Why Do You… Williamson County EMS takes airway management seriously. We’ve learned the hard way that sometimes things don’t go the way we...
Jeffrey Jarvis, MD
5 min read
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