On this month’s episode, we’re joined by Dr. Katie Lin to discuss TBI and the crashing brain. 

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Dr Katie Lin

Dr. Katie Lin is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Calgary, a Stroke Attending with the Calgary Stroke Program, and a Flight Transport Physician with STARS Air Ambulance in Alberta.

 
She completed her residency training and stroke fellowship in Calgary alongside a parallel Masters of Public Health through Harvard. She loves med ed, brains, interdisciplinary collaboration and all things sci-fi. 
 
Outside the hospital and helicopter base, you’ll find her reading, painting, traveling, hiking, wreck diving, and mountain biking.

On this month’s episode, we’re joined by Dr. Katie Lin to discuss TBI and the crashing brain. 

During the episode, you’ll hear us cover:

head injury differentials and history gathering 
ischemic vs hemorrhagic 
head injury etiology 
head injury pathophysiology 
assessment
3 step neuro exam 
pupil assessments 
signs/symptoms of herniation 
ECG changes

Management 

  • avoid/manage the H bombs (hypoxia, hypotension, hyperventilation)
  • airway management 
  • ICP management 
  • other medications 
  • seizure management 

paediatrics
neuroprognostication