Jun 30, 2020
This limited series will investigate how the nation’s opioid epidemic has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of this series, we will hear from a harm reductionist, an addiction medicine physician, a Denver Police narcotics sergeant and two people currently in recovery.
Unfortunately, the...
Jun 29, 2020
This limited series will investigate how the nation’s opioid epidemic has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the course of this series, we will hear from a harm reductionist, an addiction medicine physician, a Denver Police narcotics sergeant and two people currently in recovery.
Unfortunately, both the...
Jun 27, 2020
Taken from 'UnfilterED #8: Dr. Christopher Hoyte'.
“This current sars-coV-2 / COVID-19 situation should really be a wake-up call for not just a pandemic, but for a biological attack...One of the things I would like to do when we bring our attention back from COVID and get through this pandemic is to really start to...
Jun 24, 2020
Dr. Chris Hoyte is an ED physician, toxicologist and researcher based in Denver, CO. He was featured in Bring Em’ All: Chaos. Care. Stories from Medicine’s Front Line, a book celebrating emergency physicians through personal testimonies and photography on the frontlines captured by legendary photographer,...
Jun 23, 2020
Contributor: Nick Tsipis, MD
Educational Pearls:
- Significant cyanide exposure most commonly occurs from fire/smoke exposure particularly when plastics are involved
- Cyanide binds to cytochrome oxidase leading to the use of anaerobic metabolism which causes a profound lactic acidosis
- Classic toxicity includes a rapid...