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2023 AHA Update on Management Cardiac Arrest or Life-Threatening Toxicity Due to Poisoning

EMDocs

This post will focus on the key parts of the guideline that affect ED evaluation and management. It is reasonable to administer vasodilators (eg, nitrates, phentolamine, calcium channel blockers) for patients with cocaine-induced coronary vasospasm or hypertensive emergencies. Top 10 Take Home Pearls 1. COR 2a, LOE C-LD.

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Concerning EKG with a Non-obstructive angiogram. What happened?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The EMS crew was only BLS certified, so EKG interpretation is not within their scope of practice. Frick — an all-too-common misconception is that the absence of obstructive coronary disease on cardiac catheterization rules out acute coronary occlusion as the cause of the patient's acute event. This is not the case.

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