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"Call HazMat Before Opening"

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CAD notes indicate that the caller was walking in the park and came across a vehicle in the far corner of the parking lot. TRIGGER WARNING: TOPICS OF SUICIDE MAY BE HARD FOR SOME PEOPLE TO READ ABOUT. THIS ARTICLE IS COVERING THE MEDICAL ASPECTS OF CHEMICAL SUICIDES. Its mid-Monday morning on a crisp spring day.

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Is OMI an ECG Diagnosis?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Similarly, if a patient with known CAD presents with refractory ischemic chest pain, the ECG barely matters: the pre-test likelihood of acute coronary occlusion is so high that they need an emergent angiogram. 2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes. Circulation 2014 2.

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Where Do We Go Next?

High Performance EMS

A Valuable Tool for Health Professionals � published in Australia during 2014.) Your existing historical CAD records contain the necessary information to build such dynamic views in real-time. Corporations have used targeted demographic profiles to understand local populations for many years. See � Community Profiling.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 94: GLP-1 Agonist Complications

EMDocs

Increased risk in those with preexisting CKD, other risk factors for renal disease (HTN or CAD), and those on ACEIs/ARBs. The effects of GLP-1 agonists are associated with the dose. Higher doses of GLP-1 agonists are associated with weight loss. Take for example semaglutide. Ozempic is utilized for DM2 in doses of 0.5, mg SQ every week.

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A man in his 70s with weakness and syncope

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The patient proceeded to cath where all coronaries were described as normal with no evidence of any CAD, spasm, or any other abnormality. Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 70s with no cardiac history presented with acute weakness, syncope, and fever. He denied chest pain or shortness of breath. PM Cardio digitized version.

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A Tough ECG, But Learn From It!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

So I went to look at the chart and here is the history: This patient with no h/o CAD had a couple of episodes of chest pain during the day, then presented with one hour of substernal chest pain that had some reproducibility but also improved from 10/10 to 5/10 with nitroglycerine. Marti D et al.

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Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. Left main? 3-vessel disease? No!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

As I met the paramedics and cath team in the lab, I was ready to see severe coronary disease (CAD), but the vessels were non-obstructive. Author continued : STE in aVR is often due to left main coronary artery obstruction (OR 4.72), and is associated with in-hospital cardiovascular mortality (OR 5.58).