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SGEM#453: I Can’t Go For That – No, No Narcan for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests

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Date: September 18, 2024 Reference: Dillon et al. August 20, 2024 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Root is an emergency medicine and emergency medicine service (EMS) physician at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Reference: Dillon et al. Naloxone and Patient Outcomes in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests in California.

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POCUS findings of hemodynamically unstable PE with cardiac arrest

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The Accu-Chek was 214, and there was no response to empiric Narcan administration. Alerhand et al described ten individual echocardiographic findings of RV strain that suggest PE. VUMC Emergency Medicine, “RV Strain & TAPSE” YouTube Video [link] Farcy et al. 10,11 Vid 1. TAPSE motion normal.

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Case Report: Acute Kratom Withdrawal

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In the acute setting, it is postulated that withdrawal may be brought on by the rapid reversal and displacement of opioid receptors from drugs such as naloxone (Narcan). link] Accessed December 4, 2024. Gummin DD, Mowry JB, Beuhler MC, et al. Todd DA, Kellogg JJ, Wallace ED, et al. Obeng S, Kamble SH, Reeves ME, et al.

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