Peter Canning

JANUARY 14, 2024

For all the fancy changes over the year, the bottom line has always been to provide good CPR compressions and timely defibrillation. Sodium bicarbonate should only be administered in cardiac arrest for suspected sodium channel blocker overdoses. Pediatric defibrillation doses should be 2j/kg, 4j/kg. mg via syringe.*

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NAEMSP

APRIL 19, 2023

CPR is taken over by responding crews, and he is placed on a cardiac monitor/defibrillator. After several cycles of defibrillation, epinephrine, and amiodarone, the patient remains in cardiac arrest. His family has been performing bystander, and report that he suddenly collapsed just a few minutes ago. mEq/L (OR: 51.11; 95% CI: 3.12−1639.16;

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NCOAE

MARCH 8, 2021

On the other hand, you could be called in to attend to the victim of a car accident or a shooting or a heart attack, drowning, mountaineering accident, or drug overdose. You may even have to deliver a baby! You can never predict what will happen over the course of any given shift. Do You Have What It Takes to Become an EMT?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 29, 2020

She was never defibrillated. Drug-induced QT interval cannot be completely ruled out, but the tox consult found the she had definitely not overdosed and did not believe that therapeutic doses would do this. As was seen in this case — defibrillation and/or overdrive pacing may be needed. What do you think?

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Paramedic Training Spot

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Learning how to become an EMT in New Jersey, or an Emergency Medical Technician to be specific, is not an overnight accomplishment. Not only are you training to be a Garden State EMT, you are studying to become Nationally Registered, which is a relatively new requirement for the state.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

This is pathognomonic of hyperkalemia (I suppose it could be due to a massive overdose of a sodium channel blocking drug, maybe). A prehospital ECG was recorded: Limb leads: Precordial Leads What is the therapy? Is it ventricular tachycardia (VT) due to hyperK or is it a supraventricular rhythm with hyperK? How would you treat?

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REBEL EM

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Background Information: Double external defibrillation (DED) is an intervention often used to treat refractory ventricular fibrillation (RVF). This procedure involves applying another set of pads attached to a second defibrillator to a patient and shocking them in hopes of terminating the rhythm. N Engl J Med.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Soon after the witnessed occlusion, the patient suffered ventricular fibrillation arrest, from which he was immediately resuscitated with 1 defibrillation. 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.

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