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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. Unlike other methods, such as firearms, hangings, intentional overdoses, and cutting, chemical suicides tend to linger in the area where the act was committed. Its mid-Monday morning on a crisp spring day.

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Wide-complex tachycardia: VT, aberrant, or "other?"

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

She had a normal EF, and no significant CAD, and was taking flecainide to suppress the AF. It is easy to accidentally overdose. Wide-complex tachycardia: VT or aberrant, or "other?" This case is contributed by Brooks Walsh , an EM physician and ECG expert from Connecticut. There appear to be flutter waves at a rate of 300.

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OMI? Subendocardial ischemia? Does it matter in this clinical context?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The procedure was described as very complex due to severe multivessel CAD, but ultimately PCI was successfully performed to the ostial LCX. One could argue or wonder if there is both subendocardial ischemia AND posterior OMI pattern, since the STD in V4 may be equal or possibly slightly worse proportionally than V6. Pre-intervention.

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