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Torsade in a patient with left bundle branch block: is there a long QT? (And: Left Bundle Pacing).

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Among patients with left bundle branch block, T-wave peak to T-wave end time is prolonged in the presence of acute coronary occlusion. Finally, do a coronary angiogram Possible alternative to pacing is to give a beta-1 agonist to increase heart rate. Coronary Angiography No angiographic significant obstructive disease.

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Emergency Evidence Updates – May 2025

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The Journal of Emergency Medicine Neurologic etiologies of cardiac arrest are associated with early withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy Resuscitation Point of Care Echocardiography and Regional Wall-Motion Abnormalities in Acute Coronary Syndromes The Journal of Emergency Medicine Proximal venous ultrasound with risk stratification safely excludes (..)

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International Prehospital Medicine Institute Literature Review, July 2025

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This was a retrospective study from the London Air Ambulance (LAA) service for the 21-year period from 1999-2019. Rapid re-perfusion of the coronary arteries is essential to save at risk myocardium from infarction in patients with acute coronary artery occlusion. Baker PO, Karim SR, Smith SW, et al.

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Time is Brain

Peter Canning

Instead of floating a wire into the heart to remove a clock in a blocked coronary artery to restore blood flow, we were floating wires into people’s brains to remove the clot obstructing blood flow –a life-saving procedure. In 2019, the title of our talk was Stroke Care: Past, Present and Future.

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Critical Care Evidence Updates – May 2025

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A pilot randomized controlled study Journal of Critical Care Effect of Ketamine Analgosedation on Neurological Outcome in patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study Neurocritical Care Effects of a general practitioner-led brief narrative exposure intervention on symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder after (..)

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