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CanadiEM Podcasts: CRACKCast, ClerkCast, CarmsCast, First Year Diaries


CanadiEM aims to improve emergency care in Canada by building an online community of practice for healthcare practitioners and providing them with high quality, freely available educational resources. The CanadiEM Podcast brings you cutting edge clinical topics on the National Rounds Series and delves into the struggles that doctors face on the Physicians as Humans Series.

Oct 30, 2017

Episode Overview:

 

  1. List 10 causes of Thrombocytopenia
  2. List 6 causes of Thrombocytosis
  3. Describe the presentation and treatment of HIT, ITP and TTP
  4. Describe what causes an abnormal PT? What causes an abnormal PTT?
  5. Describe the deficiency and management of Hemophilia A, Hemophilia B, and vWD
  6. Describe the management of a major and minor bleed in hemophilia A
  7. List 4 items in cryoprecipitate
  8. List  adjunctive therapies in DIC

 

Wisecracks:

 

  • How do you differentiate coagulation disorders from platelet disorders?
  • What is thrombocytopathy?
  • What do INR and PTT test?
  • What is DIC?