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EMCrit 322 – Shadowboxing Case 2 – Frack the EJ – Chunk 1/4

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Shadowboxing First brought to my attention by Gary Klein in EMCrit 179, shadowboxing is considered one of the best ways to relay tacit knowledge. Shadowboxing has a situation presented to an expert with a pause before they answer at critical junctions. During the pause, the learner should mentally commit to what they are thinking and […]

Acid Base for Iain’s Course – Chunk 7/8

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I have spoken about it for a while, but I’ve finally gotten it done: the acid-base podcast. The podcast is going to be in multiple parts. The Acid Base Series   This lecture discusses a quantitative approach to acid base management. This is also known  as the Fencl-Stewart approach, the strong-ion approach or the physicochemical […]

Acid Base for Iain’s Course – Chunk 5/8

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I have spoken about it for a while, but I’ve finally gotten it done: the acid-base podcast. The podcast is going to be in multiple parts. The Acid Base Series   This lecture discusses a quantitative approach to acid base management. This is also known  as the Fencl-Stewart approach, the strong-ion approach or the physicochemical […]

Acid Base for Iain’s Course – Chunk 1/8

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I have spoken about it for a while, but I’ve finally gotten it done: the acid-base podcast. The podcast is going to be in multiple parts. The Acid Base Series   This lecture discusses a quantitative approach to acid base management. This is also known  as the Fencl-Stewart approach, the strong-ion approach or the physicochemical […]

Acid Base for Iain’s Course – Chunk 2/8

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I have spoken about it for a while, but I’ve finally gotten it done: the acid-base podcast. The podcast is going to be in multiple parts. The Acid Base Series   This lecture discusses a quantitative approach to acid base management. This is also known  as the Fencl-Stewart approach, the strong-ion approach or the physicochemical […]

Acid Base for Iain’s Course – Chunk 3/8

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Tris-Hydroxymethyl Aminomethane (THAM or tromethamine) is an amino alcohol that acts as a buffer base that unlike NaBicarb doesn’t increase Na or release CO2–it actually lowers PaCO2. Sounds great, huh? It is unfortunately expensive and has some other issues we will discuss. In the USA, THAM was off the market in 2016, but is now […]

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