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ECG of the Week 2nd March 2022 Answer

EMergucate

A 70 year old female presents to ED complaining of shortness of breath and chest pain.

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EM Quick Hits 36 – Surviving Sepsis, Angle Closure Glaucoma, Bougies, Frostbite, Hot/Altered Patient, Central Cord Syndrome

Emergency Medicine Cases

In this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Brit Long on Surving Sepsis Campaign -2021 Updates, Nour Khatib on rural medicine case - angle closure glaucoma, Reuben Strayer on bougie vs endotracheal tube and stylet on first-attempt intubation, Justin Hensley on management of frostbite, Sarah Foohey on the hot and altered patient, and Andrew Petrosoniak on central cord syndrome.

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SGEM#360: We Care a Lot – The EmPATH Study

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: February 21st 2022 Reference: Kim et al. Emergency psychiatric assessment, treatment, and healing (EmPATH) unit decreases hospital admission for patients presenting with suicidal ideation in rural America. AEM February 2022. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Kirsty Challen (@KirstyChallen) is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Emergency Medicine Research Lead at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust (North West England).

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TIRBO #4: Hope

Critical Care Scenarios

Why an assumption in your training should be to call for assistance, but expect it will never arrive. Plan to manage problems yourself. Let help surprise you—otherwise hope becomes your plan. Why an assumption in your training should be to call for assistance, but expect it will never arrive. Plan to manage problems yourself. Let help surprise you—otherwise hope becomes your plan.

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Lab Case 352 Interpretation

EMergucate

70 year old female presents to ED with a 1 month history of vomiting and diarrhoea. Over the last few days she has started to feel increasingly weak and had a few episodes of confusion.

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ECG Cases 28 Approach to Atrial Fibrillation

Emergency Medicine Cases

Jesse McLaren explains his AFIB mnemonic for approach to atrial fibrillation that involves 4 questions: 1. Is it atrial fibrillation? 2. If it is atrial fibrillation and there is rapid ventricular response, is it fast from a secondary cause? 3. If it is atrial fibrillation with a rapid ventricular response without a secondary cause, what is the intervention?

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Prehospital Emergency Care Podcast Ep. 110

Prehospital Emergency Care Podcast

Happy February from the PEC podcast crew! Even though Punxsutawney Phil's shadow predicted another 6 weeks of winter, the PEC podcast team is happy to keep you company while you're keeping warm. In this episode, we cover the Prehospital Emergency Care Journal Volume 25 Number 5 where we cover manuscripts like: Impact of a Standardized EMS Handoff Tool on Inpatient Medical Record Documentation at a Level I Trauma Center Documentation of Child Maltreatment by Emergency Medical Services in a Natio

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Lab Case 352

EMergucate

70 year old female presents to ED with a 1 month history of vomiting and diarrhoea. Over the last few days she has started to feel increasingly weak and had a few episodes of confusion.

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Never Ending Plot Twists

EMS 20/20

The guys are given a call that takes place in a precarious system with a patient that has no memory. and a never ending stream of twists and turns that take this call from "eh" to WTF in a hurry. The guys are given a call that takes place in a precarious system with a patient that has no memory. and a never ending stream of twists and turns that take this call from "eh" to WTF in a hurry.

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Advice From an FTO

High Performance EMS

As we begin to wind down on the pandemic-level of constant 911 calls and the endless hours waiting on a room in the ED, we find ourselves in a time to reflect a little before our next call. Like so many services, we have a new influx of eager young professionals. Recently, a new student asked me, “ how do you guys keep doing this day after day ?” Not an unusual thing to ask lately, and my reply was this: “ determination and our perseverance to make sure our patient gets the definitive care and t

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Episode 82: Dr. Remle Crowe on Stroke and Burnout

The Overrun Podcast

Remle Crowe is a statistics rockstar. Her primary areas of research in EMS include burnout, and how to improve performance in our industry. There's a lot to cover, and a lot we discussed, so everything is listed below. Take some time to listen to the episode and read all the studies linked below. It'll make your practice better. Promise. August 2017 Prehospital emerg.

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ECG of the Week 2nd March 2022

EMergucate

A 70 year old female presents to ED complaining of shortness of breath and chest pain.

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Lab case 351 interpretation

EMergucate

Question 1: PH = 7.

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