FirstWatch

JUNE 18, 2024

Register for Webinar Tuesday, July 16 th | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PT Overdoses continue to plague communities throughout the US and Canada. One North American EMS system recently had 245 overdoses in a single day. Identifying, tracking, and mapping overdoses is key to effective intervention.

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Overdose CAD Emergency Medical Services EMS 40

FOAMfrat

DECEMBER 26, 2024

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.

Epinephrine 116

Epinephrine First Responder OR Emergency Manager 116

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2018

She had a normal EF, and no significant CAD, and was taking flecainide to suppress the AF. It is easy to accidentally overdose. The case An older woman presented to the ED with dyspnea, diaphoresis, and chest pressure. The patient had a history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and several cardioversions.

OR 52

OR ED CAD Overdose 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The procedure was described as very complex due to severe multivessel CAD, but ultimately PCI was successfully performed to the ostial LCX. Soon after the witnessed occlusion, the patient suffered ventricular fibrillation arrest, from which he was immediately resuscitated with 1 defibrillation. Pre-intervention.

Coronary 119

Coronary ACS STEMI CAD 119