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ToxCard: Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity

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Authors: Alex Rogers, MD (EM Resident Physician, Christus Spohn/Texas A&M University School of Medicine, Corpus Christi, TX); J.D. 1] CV manifestations include: Bradycardia, tachycardia, ventricular dysrhythmias, cardiac arrest. [1-5] Epidemiology Most common cause: inadvertent intravascular injection.

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POCUS findings of hemodynamically unstable PE with cardiac arrest

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EMS verbalized concern to EPs that an “intracranial bleed” may have precipitated the event. 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.