Episode 20

Intubations in Trauma | Rational Clinical Exam: Peds Concussions

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of May 11-15, 2026.

These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member.

Tuesday’s Spoon Feed:

In this cohort of trauma patients requiring intubation, video laryngoscopy was associated with higher first-pass success, while head, face, or neck trauma was associated with lower success. Adverse events were more common with less experienced residents and greater injury severity.

Thursday’s Spoon Feed:

No single symptom or exam finding definitively diagnoses pediatric concussion, but mental fog, light/noise sensitivity, nausea, and oculomotor abnormalities meaningfully increase likelihood, while absence of headache decreases it.

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Nicholas Zelt

The voice behind the mic! I'm an emergency medicine resident with a real nerdy love for podcasts and evidence based medicine. Joined the JournalFeed team way back in the before times (pre-COVID).
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Clay Smith

Hi! I've been practicing emergency medicine for over 20 years and started JournalFeed. I'm the Chief Spoon-Feeder, which means I either write or edit everything that's posted on the JournalFeed blog. But Nick totally runs the show with the podcast!