This episode is brought to you by Styker Medical Corporation with their comittment to improving medical education. In this episode we discuss the priorities of pediatric head and cervical spine imagine with the experts in the fields of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Neurosurgery. Learn from those who know about how to manage your next pediatric patient with traumatic brain injury or cervical spine injury. With TBI a major cause of pediatric death, you don’t want to miss this episode with all you need to know.
Rememer:
Avoid the H bombs
- Hypotension (<90mmhg)
- Hypoxia (<90%)
- Hyperventilation (Goal ETCO2 35-45)
Serious mechanism + LOC:
- 15L NRB
- 1L Bolus (20cc/kg for peds)
- Goal ETCO2 35-45
Brought to you by The National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) and Missouri Emergency Medical Services for Children (MO-EMSC).
Hosts:Â Dr. Joelle Donofrio-Odmann and Dr. Joseph Finney
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Content Experts:Â Joelle Donofrio-Odmann, DO and Joseph Finney, MD
Guest Experts:
Joshua B. Gaither, MD, FACEP
Dr. Joshua Gaither is a professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine with fellowship training in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Disaster Medicine. He is the EMS Fellowship Director the Medical Director for Tucson Fire Department as well as several EMS training programs. Dr. Gaither also teaches in and is the director for the EMS Degree Program.
Dr. David Gonda
Dr. Gonda is the director of Epilepsy Surgery at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego and an assistant clinical professor of neurosurgery at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
He comes to Rady Children’s from Texas Children’s Hospital, where he was a pediatric neurosurgery fellow, and Baylor College of Medicine, where he was a clinical instructor. Dr. Gonda completed his residency training at UC San Diego and earned his medical degree at The Ohio State University.
Dr. Gonda’s clinical areas of expertise are epilepsy surgery, MRI laser thermal ablation surgery, pediatric spine abnormalities and craniovertebral junction abnormalities. His research area of expertise is minimally invasive epilepsy surgery.
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