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ToxCard: Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity

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1] CV manifestations include: Bradycardia, tachycardia, ventricular dysrhythmias, cardiac arrest. [1-5] 1-3,5,7,9] All patients developing symptoms of LAST should be placed on a continuous cardiac monitor and have an ECG performed. [2] McGraw Hill; 2022. Epidemiology Most common cause: inadvertent intravascular injection.

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POCUS findings of hemodynamically unstable PE with cardiac arrest

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Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) had been initiated and on arrival at the ED, the patient was found to have Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA). During a short period of ROSC an ECG was performed. The findings of RV strain on the ECG also supported the POCUS echo findings in this case.