EMDocs

OCTOBER 25, 2024

1: Hypertensive Crisis Averted…New AHA Statement on Asymptomatic Hypertension Spoon Feed This article emphasizes the difference between hypertensive emergency and asymptomatic elevated blood pressure (BP); while hypertensive emergency requires prompt treatment to lower BP, treatment of asymptomatic elevated BP in acute care settings may be harmful.

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ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2023

emergency departments (EDs), with statistics reporting more than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests per year. 2 Standard management for VT and VF involves the use of electrical defibrillation, high-quality chest compressions, and epinephrine. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a commonly encountered entity in U.S.

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FOAMcast

JANUARY 24, 2023

A small team of strangers, including an emergency medicine resident, Dr. Jason Tanner, and an emergency department technician, Angel, assembled to treat this passenger. Billy Frolick , a writer and our patient that day shares his perspective on his case with us.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 19, 2020

She was unable to be defibrillated but was cannulated and placed on ECMO in our Emergency Department (ECLS - extracorporeal life support). After good ECMO flow was established, she was successfully defibrillated. Here is a case of ECMO defibrillation with near shark fin that was due to proximal LAD occlusion.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

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

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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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Broome Docs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

PMID: 35490863 Hands on defibrillation: Even if it’s safe, would it actually help? Ex vivo evaluation of personal protective equipment in hands-on defibrillation. PMID: 35942482 earing gloves, hands on defibrillation is probably safe. Emerg Med J. Resusc Plus. 2022 Aug 3;11:100284. doi: 10.1016/j.resplu.2022.100284.

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