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A middle aged man with unwitnessed cardiac arrest

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Chest compressions were continued, and the patient was given 1 round of epinephrine, calcium, bicarb, glucose. Terbutaline and Albuterol for Lowering of Plasma Postassium Initial labs returned and confirmed critical hyperkalemia and new renal failure. In 2018 there is generally a delay to onset of dialysis in most EDs.

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Spicy Bites - Snake Envenomation

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Along with inducing coagulopathy, venom toxins may contribute to local and/or systemic hemorrhage and plasma extravasation by means of basement membrane degradation within the vasculature. These side effects do not contraindicate antivenom administration and can be treated with antihistamines and epinephrine. Accessed 13 July 2024.