ACEP Now

MARCH 14, 2024

His family had insurance for just two years when his father had a heart attack and needed open heart surgery. Taking the time to connect those dots for his patients, going that extra mile, energizes him for the emotional toll of working the emergency department. An artistic image of Dr. Durrani. Click to enlarge.)

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NCOAE

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Also, how to recognize a heart attack or stroke and what to do to give the patient the best chance of survival. Basic anatomy and physiology, what causes common diseases like diabetes and asthma, and how to treat emergencies associated with them. Many fire departments require that all of their firefighters also be EMTs.

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NCOAE

MARCH 8, 2021

On the other hand, you could be called in to attend to the victim of a car accident or a shooting or a heart attack, drowning, mountaineering accident, or drug overdose. You may even have to deliver a baby! You can never predict what will happen over the course of any given shift. Do You Have What It Takes to Become an EMT?

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BoostPrep

APRIL 26, 2022

Question A patient having a panic attack can manifest signs and symptoms of a heart attack. Which of the following is not a sign or symptom associated with a panic attack? Transporting a 16-year-old patient that was an unrestrained driver in an MVA to the emergency department when he does not want to be evaluated.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Consent to a trauma evaluation is presumed when a patient presents as a trauma activation; implied consent applies to all life-threatening emergencies and is not unique to trauma activations. Wearing a cut-up trauma sheet as a hijab, she walked out of our emergency department several hours later, intact and not traumatized.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 9, 2024

Written by Colin Jenkins and Nhu-Nguyen Le with edits by Willy Frick and by Smith A 46-year-old male presented to the emergency department with 2 days of heavy substernal chest pain and nausea. He reported a history of “Wolf-Parkinson-White” and “heart attack” but said neither had been treated. link] Fesmire, F.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 13, 2024

Written by Destiny Folk, MD, Adam Engberg, MD, and Vitaliy Belyshev MD A man in his early 60s with a past medical history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and hyperlipidemia presented to the emergency department for evaluation of chest pain.

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ACEP Now

JANUARY 13, 2024

1 The questions raised by this tragedy are many: How did a gun make its way into the emergency department in the first place? Working in the emergency department, we are subject to high rates of burnout, depression, and anxiety that have all been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ann Emerg Med , 2021;78(4):S8.

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Peter Canning

MAY 12, 2024

If they are fighting and their heart is going at 180, I want to get them calmed down. Someone with an enlarged heart, on meth, who has been tazered, and is still fighting is at risk of a heart attack and should be sedated. The person is being taken to the Emergency department not the police station.

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EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The symphony of sounds in the Emergency Department can be overwhelming. It serves as a constant reminder of the high-stakes nature of the work being done here, where lives hang in the balance, and where the ability to navigate the chaos with skill and compassion will define your journey as an emergency physician. Patient: No.

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ACEP Now

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Now 40, he serves as the emergency department director at Bradley Medical Center in Cleveland, Tennessee. Getting to see his impact on the community really helped me decide to go into emergency medicine, he said. Youre never going to see the same thing twice, and you get to see an immediate change in patients’ status.

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