FOAMcast - An Emergency Medicine Podcast

Latest Episodes:

COVIDcast: Awake Proning, Hydroxychloroquine Update, Neonatal Updates Mar 30, 2020

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We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check us*

Recorded 3.30.20

In this episode, we cover

Awake proning: Sun et al and Ding et al
Hydroxychloroquine/Azithromycine update: Gautret et al.
Neonatal update: Zeng et al.

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

COVIDcast: SARS-CoV-2 in Air Samples & Convalescent Plasma Mar 28, 2020

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We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check us*

Recorded 3.28.20

In this episode, we cover

Air samples from hallways and rooms contain SARS-CoV-2 [Santarpia et al - Pre-print]
Convalescent plasma for the treatment of COVID-19 [Shen et al - JAMA]

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

COVIDcast: Pregnancy Update and HFNC Update Mar 28, 2020

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We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check us*

Recorded 3.27.20

In this episode, we cover

Vertical transmission in pregnancy
High flow nasal cannula with a mask

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

COVIDcast: Disease and Viral Shedding Timeline Mar 26, 2020

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We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check us*

Recorded 3.25.20

In this episode, we cover

Incubation period
Disease timeline
Viral shedding
Re-infection

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

COVIDcast: Atypical symptoms Mar 24, 2020

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We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check us*

Recorded 3.23.20

In this episode, we cover

Anosmia / dysgeusia
Gastrointestinal symptoms
Policy updates

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

COVIDcast: Transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Cloth Masks, UV light for Mask Decontamination Mar 23, 2020

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We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check us*

In this episode, we cover

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (including stability on surfaces / aerosols)
Cloth masks - do they work?
UV light decontamination

Recorded 3.22.20

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

COVIDcast: High Flow Nasal Cannula, Cytokine Storm, and Asymptomatic Transmission Mar 22, 2020

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We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check us*

In this episode, we cover

High flow nasal cannula in COVID-19
Cytokine storm
Asymptomatic transmission and Ro of Sars-CoV2

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

COVIDcast: Surviving Sepsis SCCM Guidelines (3.20.20) Mar 20, 2020

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We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check us*

In this episode, we cover the Society of Critical Care Medicine, Surviving Sepsis Guidelines for COVID-19

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

COVIDcast: Pregnancy, Breastfeeding, and Investigational Treatments 93.19.20) Mar 20, 2020

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We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks.

In this episode we review:

guidance for pregnant and breastfeeding patients and healthcare workers
experimental treatments that are all the craze: remdesivir, chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir-ritonavir

Show notes: FOAMcast.org

Thanks for listening! Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

COVIDcast: Co-infections, Pediatrics, and Ibuprofen Mar 19, 2020

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We are going to try to bring you updates regarding COVID-19 on a regular basis. These podcasts will likely be out of date in a few days, so check back for updates.

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