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Calcium in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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Additionally, low ionized calcium levels have been correlated with increasing mortality in sepsis and other critical illnesses in adults and children (Bora, Ramazan, Oznur, Emre, & Basar, 2021), (Sanchez, et al., This study did not account for time of administration, so survival bias may have influenced results (Wongtanasarasin, et al.,

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Upon arrival to the emergency department, a senior emergency physician looked at the ECG and said "Nothing too exciting."

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mm of ST segment elevation, V2 and V3 have 1 mm of elevation, v4 has 2 mm of elevation and v5 around 1.5 Note 1: Levels were significantly lower in takotsubo that presented with T-wave inversion. Reference on Troponins: Xenogiannis I, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, et al. Learning Points: 1. What do you think? V1 has 0.5

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An EM Resident’s Guide to Basic Airway Management

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Success at intubation likely takes more time and practice than other procedures, as shown in recent research on ED residents and their success rate at intubating, measured as a function of their total number of intubations (See Figure 1). Introduction Airway management is a critical ED skill to master.

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