Tag Archives: #SCCC

Battle and Non-Battle Injury Documentation



In this podcast, Col Stacy Shackelford, USAF, MC, Chief of Performance Improvement with the Joint Trauma System, discusses the Battle and Non-Battle Injury Documentation Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG). Listen to Col Shackelford as she explains the documentation process for the Trauma Resuscitation Record.

  • Importance of documentation
  • Documentation referenced in this CPG is specific to Role 2 and Role 3 levels of care
  • Documentation requirements for trauma patients
  • Continuity of the resuscitation record as the patient transitions to different levels of care
  • Uploading records into the Theater Medical Data Store (TMDS)
  • Documentation requirements in addition to the Trauma Resuscitation Record
  • Determining which patients require a Trauma Resuscitation Record
  • Steps to ensure records are transmitted to the Trauma Registry
  • Where can providers find the Trauma Resuscitation Record template?

 

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Hyperkalemia and Dialysis in a Deployed Setting



Listen to LtCol Ian Stewart, USAF, MC, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and a practicing Nephrologist at the David Grant United Airforce Medical Center explain the “Hyperkalemia and Dialysis in a Deployed Setting” Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG).  The following topics are discussed by LtCol Stewart in this podcast:

  • Primary causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) & Hyperkalemia in the deployed setting
  • Risk factors for AKI and Hyperkalemia in combat casualties
  • Rhabdomyolysis
  • Use of Renal Replacement Therapy prior to transport to a higher echelon of care
  • Monitoring practices in casualties with AKI
  • Criteria for transfer to a higher echelon of care for casualties with AKI
  • Current Research on AKI
  • Initial Treatments for AKI and hyperkalemia
  • Acute Peritoneal Dialysis
  • Methods available for Renal Replacement Therapy at different echelons of care
  • NxStage® System One TM Renal Replacement Therapy system
  • Catheter placement
  • Replacement fluids and rates
  • UltraFiltration
  • Difference between NxStage® System One TM and peritoneal dialysis
  • Performance improvement monitoring

 

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REBOA (Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta) CPG



This podcast is a discussion with Lt Col Jason Paisley MD, USAF, the director of Physician Education at the Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (CSTARS). The podcast reviews the updated Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) on REBOA (Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta) for advanced providers. Specifically, it addresses the newer equipment that allows for easier insertion and talks about the way REBOA is being used in various clinical scenarios that may have otherwise required more invasive methods.

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