December 2025 - Episode 61, Curveball on Scene: A Complex Case from Oak Creek
About this episode
The episode discusses a complex EMS case involving seizure activity and head trauma, focusing on decision-making and ethics in the field.
A challenging Oak Creek call with seizure activity, head trauma, and a late DNR highlights decision-making in the gray zone of EMS. The crew reflects on airway management and ethics to strengthen clinical judgment in the field. Email Mike: michael.cohen@milwaukeecountywi.gov Spaite, D. W., Hu, C., Bobrow, B. J., Chikani, V., Barnhart, B., Gaither, J. B., Denninghoff, K. R., Adelson, P. D., Keim, S. M., Viscusi, C., Mullins, T., & Sherrill, D. (2017). The effect of combined out-of-hospital hypotension and hypoxia on mortality in major traumatic brain injury. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 69(1), 62–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.08.007
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