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"Call HazMat Before Opening"

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CAD notes indicate that the caller was walking in the park and came across a vehicle in the far corner of the parking lot. If you suspect that you have encountered a chemical suicide event, start your local fire and hazmat companies and have them assess and decontaminate if appropriate. Its mid-Monday morning on a crisp spring day.

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Diffuse Subendocardial Ischemia on the ECG. Left main? 3-vessel disease? No!

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

As I met the paramedics and cath team in the lab, I was ready to see severe coronary disease (CAD), but the vessels were non-obstructive. Authors' commentary: Cardiogenic shock in the setting of severe aortic stenosis. The mean MAP for these patients was 81 +/- 13.

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Management of STEMI (ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction)

ECG & Echo Learning

IIa C During hospital stay (after primary PCI) Either stress echo, CMR, SPECT, or PET may be used to assess myocardial ischaemia and viability, including in multivessel CAD. I C During hospital stay (after primary PCI) When echocardiography is suboptimal/inconclusive, an alternative imaging method (CMR preferably) should be considered.

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