The Vent - What Mode is This?
Cutoffs
Medical Before and After
Trauma and Trauma-Adjacent
Music I've Listened to Going to/Coming from Work
400

 

PS

400

A ferritin in the 1000's is common in this dangerous autoimmune reaction. >90% of the time it is at least >500.  

HLH

400

A patient with severe anaplasmosis would have these colliding conditions - the first part describes the body's immune reaction to the infection and the second part is the etiology of the infection.  

Septick-borne illness

400

Oh no!  My obese arresting patient needs emergent access for meds and blood.  Oh and he's a bilateral leg amputee.  I need this color IO needle!

Yellow

400

Name the artist

Title: Solidarity Forever

Genre: Folk

Released: 1955


Artist: Pete Seeger

800


PC

800

This p/f ratio marks the line between moderate and severe ARDS per the Berlin Criteria.  

100

800

Patient coding from a massive PE?  Give them this med while inserting this device to better determine if they have a pulse.

TPA-line

800

Oh fiddle-dee-dee!  My patient was just shot in the chest and suffered severe bilateral penetrating chest injuries.  I need to evacuate his tamponade and do internal cardiac massage!  I need to perform this maritime themed intervention to gain access to the chest.

Clamshell thoracotomy (bilateral anterior thoracotomy).  

800

Name the artist or the title, Philadelphia connection here

Genre: hip-hop

Released: 2002

Artist: The Roots

Title: Sacrifice

1200

 

VS

1200

Though often called "cutoffs", this article of clothing is sometimes called this portmanteau.  

"Jorts"

1200

Maintain this crucial equilibrium of ins and outs with the best kind of IV fluid

Fluid balance-d crystalloid

1200

Help help! I need to cric my patient and I dont have that stupid cric kit that is useless and that I hate!  I know!  I'll cric my patient using these 3 (or 2) pieces of medical equipment!

Scalpel, 6.0 ETT, Bougie (optional)

1200

Name the artist or title.  A superb track.

Released: 2003

Artist: Magnolia Electric Company

Title: Farewell Transmission

1600

APV

1600

32 degrees celsius is the common dividing line for these two conditions.  


Mild vs moderate hypothermia

1600

Save someone from malignant cerebral edema with this operation and then insert this ear tube for funsies



Decompressive hemicraniectomy-ringotomy tube

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Rats!  My traumatic arrest patient has a tension pneumothorax and we just ran out of chest tubes!  I'll save him by performing this! 

Finger thoracostomy

1600

Name the artist, title, or genre.

Released 2010


Artist: Trampled by Turtles

Title: Victory

Genre: Bluegrass

2000


SIMV

2000

An eosinophil count of 1000 is the typical dividing line for these two auto-immune conditions, whose non-eponymous names are very similar.  Must give me the non-eponymous names only.

EPA and EGPA (Wegeners and Churg-Strauss)

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Combine this topical "hot" analgesic with an uncommon NSAID usually reserved for gout or pericarditis

Capsaicindomethacin

2000

I can't feel my legs!  Mostly because I've suffered such severe intra-abdominal trauma that I needed this life-saving device while I undergo damage control for all my bleeding.

REBOA (resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta)

2000

Name the artist, title, or genre.  Possibly my favorite piece of music, tied with 2 others.  

Artist: This Will Destroy You

Title: The Mighty Rio Grande

Genre: Post-rock

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