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Lightning rounds #27: Our favorite FOAM

Critical Care Scenarios

Here are a few…the best way to find good Twitter followers is to start with these and see who THEY follow and interact with.

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AHA/NCS Statement on Critical Care Management of Post ROSC Patients

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Author: Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) // Reviewed by Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK) The American Heart Association (AHA) and Neurocritical Care Society (NCS) released their 2023 Scientific Statement on the critical care management of post ROSC patients. Statements: Initiate EN as soon as possible after ICU admission (100%, 20/20).

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EM@3AM: Amniotic Fluid Embolism

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Treatment is supportive with respiratory therapy, critical care, inotropic therapy, and cardiac life support. If AFE occurs during labor, immediate delivery is recommended.

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Episode 19: Emergency medicine with Seth Trueger

Critical Care Scenarios

Yes, temporize with supportive care while you go through the process, but do the work—find a legitimate representative or documentation of the patient’s wishes to determine what they’d want before you commit them to lengthy, aggressive life support. ICU time and ED time are different.

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Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest: Pearls and Pitfalls

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Louis) // Reviewed by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case You are working in the trauma/critical care pod of your emergency department (ED). He requires low-dose epinephrine to maintain his mean arterial pressure (MAP) in the 60s mmHg and is transported to the cardiothoracic (CT) ICU. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001518

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The Science on Targeted Temperature Management

ACEP Now

Temperature management after cardiac arrest an advisory statement by the advanced life support task force of the international liaison committee on resuscitation and the American Heart Association emergency cardiovascular care committee and the council on cardiopulmonary, critical care, perioperative and resuscitation.

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Amiodarone Versus Digoxin for Acute Rate Control of Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department

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2 Amiodarone is commonly known for its anti-arrhythmic properties and a commonly used agent in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Amiodarone versus Digoxin for Rate Control in Critically Ill Patients with Rapid Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter.” Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine , vol. Am J Emerg Med.