Choose to Bring the Light
JEMS
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EMS providers need to balance clinical skill with empathy, advocating for patient-centered care through compassion, respect and clear communication.
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What does this ECG represent in the setting of "negative" troponins?
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MAY 28, 2025
This was written by Mark Hellerman, Cardiology Fellow at Stony Brook: The Case: A 60 year old man with no reported medical history presents to the ED for evaluation of chest pain. For the past 3 days he has been experiencing substernal, exertional chest pain that resolves with rest. At the time of evaluation in the emergency department he is pain free at which time the following ECG is obtained: The above tracing and clinical vignette were sent to Dr.
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Lightning rounds 52: Echo tips with Michael Lanspa
Critical Care Scenarios
MAY 28, 2025
We chat with Dr. Michael Lanspa, intensivist and director of the Intermountain Critical Care Echocardiography Core Lab, about common pitfalls among bedside POCUS users and tricks for doing it better. Learn more at the Intensive Care Academy! Find us on Patreon here! Takeaway lessons We chat with Dr. Michael Lanspa, intensivist and director of the Intermountain Critical Care Echocardiography Core Lab, about common pitfalls among bedside POCUS users and tricks for doing it better.
A sick elderly patient with nonspecific symptoms
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MAY 28, 2025
Written by Pendell Meyers An elderly woman summoned EMS for generalized weakness and multiple vague complaints. She was confused and ill appearing. Here is her EMS ECG: What do you think? Without other ECGs (below), the rhythm differential could include junctional/ventricular escape, or ventricular paced rhythm (with small or filtered-out pacing spikes), or other rhythms.
Name that murmur
Life in the Fastlane
MAY 28, 2025
Gary Zhang, Andrew Robbins and Mike Cadogan Name that murmur Eponymythology: heart murmur eponyms and named cardiac murmurs. Related eponyms, the person behind their origin, their relevance today, and modern terminology.
Episode 109 – The HITS Keep Coming
The Curious Clinicians
MAY 28, 2025
Why don’t we all get heparin-induced thrombocytopenia? Way back in episode 59 , we discussed why heparin, a commonly-used anticoagulant in the hospital, can cause mild hyperkalemia. The more widely-known side effect of heparin, though, is heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), of which there are two types: Type 1 (non-immune mediated) and Type 2 (immune-mediated).
TX Ambulance Crash Sends Paramedic to ICU
JEMS
MAY 28, 2025
A paramedic was seriously injured in an ambulance crash Monday in Beaumont.
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The guys analyze a crew that walks into self-imposed traps. Do they figure it out before it's too late, or do they find themselves at the bottom of a hidden pit? Listen and find out! The guys analyze a crew that walks into self-imposed traps. Do they figure it out before it's too late, or do they find themselves at the bottom of a hidden pit? Listen and find out!
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JEMS
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