EMDocs
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Questions: What are the symptoms of second-generation antipsychotic overdose? How is second-generation antipsychotic overdose diagnosed? What is the treatment for patients who have overdosed on second-generation antipsychotics? 4 The specific incidence of second-generation antipsychotic drug overdose is unknown, however, 4.7%
ESO
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Early CPR plays an important role in the American Heart Associations (AHA) Chain of Survival , which emphasizes recognizing symptoms quickly, activating 911, performing CPR, and practicing early defibrillation and post-resuscitation care.
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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 25, 2024
He was defibrillated into VT. He then underwent dual sequential defibrillation into asystole. See these related cases: Cardiac arrest, defibrillated, diffuse ST depression and ST Elevation in aVR. This patient was witnessed by bystanders to collapse. They started CPR. EMS arrived and found him in Ventricular Fibrillation (VF).
EMDocs
JANUARY 8, 2024
Calcium is associated with harm but is still necessary in certain situations (hyperkalemia, calcium channel blocker overdose) (Level 3 recommendation: no benefit). With respect to timing, for cardiac arrest with a shockable rhythm, it may be reasonable to administer epinephrine after initial defibrillation attempts have failed.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 21, 2024
He required multiple defibrillations within a period of a few hours. This time, the arrhythmia did not spontaneously terminate — but rather degenerated to VFib, requiring defibrillation. Some episodes of PMVT would terminate spontaneously — but on many occasions, the PMVT degenerated to VFib, requiring defibrillation.
EMDocs
JANUARY 16, 2024
The patient received 1 mg of epinephrine IV x2 with conversion of his rhythm to ventricular fibrillation (VF) for which he was defibrillated twice in the field. The patient is moved over to the stretcher and connected to the monitors and defibrillator. In our case, the patient had accidentally overdosed on drugs prior to being found.
Paramedics Unlimited
APRIL 19, 2018
In addition to the EMT skills above, paramedics carry emergency medicine that can reverse or greatly reduce the effects of anaphylaxis, breathing problems, critically low blood glucose levels, heart attacks, seizures, overdoses. In Advanced Life support (ALS) emergencies, a “single” paramedic or ER doctor can not deliver necessary care.
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