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SGEM#453: I Can’t Go For That – No, No Narcan for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Before attending medical school, he was a New York City Paramedic. He currently practices emergency medicine in New Mexico in the ED, in the field with EMS and with the UNM Lifeguard Air Emergency Services. Case: You are working as a paramedic, and you respond to a cardiac arrest.

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POCUS findings of hemodynamically unstable PE with cardiac arrest

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4 In an emergency department (ED) presentation of cardiac arrest, the diagnosis of PE is challenging without the use of CT angiography. Case A 25-year-old-female presented to the ED in cardiac arrest. Paramedics reported that coworkers activated them after the patient was discovered unconscious with labored breathing.

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