NCOAE

AUGUST 12, 2022

You can review these three articles using the links below: From Sept. 20, 2020: Surfing Terminology and Slang: You Can’t Play BINGO Without the Lingo From Oct. 10, 2020: On Belay — Climbing Terminology and Slang From Oct.

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NAEMSP

APRIL 19, 2023

Article by Erin Lincoln, MD Case Scenario: You are dispatched to a 68-year-old male in cardiac arrest. CPR is taken over by responding crews, and he is placed on a cardiac monitor/defibrillator. After several cycles of defibrillation, epinephrine, and amiodarone, the patient remains in cardiac arrest.

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REBEL EM

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Background: There are only two interventions that have been proven in the medical literature to improved outcomes in cardiac arrest: high-quality CPR and early defibrillation. Article: Moore JC et al. References: Moore JC et al. It is imperative that we continue to look at ways to improve cardiac arrest resuscitation.

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ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Multiple attempts at defibrillation, epinephrine, and amiodarone have been unsuccessful. Problem What is the best defibrillation strategy to treat refractory ventricular fibrillation? 2,3 Multiple published studies have addressed treatment of ventricular fibrillation with defibrillation and medications such as amiodarone and lidocaine.

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EMT Training Station

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This article aims to demystify these acronyms, shedding light on their unique roles within the healthcare system. By exploring the roles, training, and responsibilities of EMS and EMTs, this article will provide a clear distinction between the two, highlighting how they work together to form a critical component of emergency healthcare.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

She was defibrillated and resuscitated. In a recent article (J Electrocardiol this year, see reference below), peak trop onin I levels in takotsubo presenting with ST Elevation were median 1.02 Reference on Troponins: Xenogiannis I, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, et al. Lindahl et al. From Gue at al.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

Rhythm C: This telemetry strip from an older adult was initially thought to need defibrillation. The September 27, 2019 post — for the Rowlands & Moore article with the above-noted formulas for recognizing the “culprit” extremity. Rhythm B: This patient was seen in the ED — and thought to be in AFlutter with 4:1 AV conduction.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

Ibutilide can convert atrial fib, or if the atrial fib is resistant to electrical cardioversion, ibutilide can facilitate electrical cardioversion (see my description of the New England Journal article below). Ballatore et al — Medicina (Kaunas) 55(8): 497, 2019 — and — Page et al — Circulation 107:1141-1145, 2003 ).

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 30, 2019

The article is edited by Smith. In the largest study looking at this topic by Mizusawa et al., Recently the rate of true arrhythmic events related to fevers in the classic Brugada Type 1 syndrome was explored by Michowitz et al. This was submitted by Alexandra Schick. Title: Is it just hot in here or is it a OMI?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

the associated loss is double, at 200-400 mEq.* [ Sterns RH, et al. However, this review references the Sterns article above, which by my reading does not state this. How would you treat? The estimated deficit associated with a serum decrease from 4.0 mEq/L is 100-200 mEq of total body K, and from 3.0

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Bayes de Luna, A et al. This is based on the Sieira et al, 2017, risk calculator , which gives a borderline risk score (2). An EP study might be helpful in symptomatic patients (Sroubek et al., Current electrocardiographic criteria for diagnosis of Brugada pattern: a consensus report. J Electrocardiology 45 (2012):433-442.

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