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Grand Rounds Recap 9.6.23

Taming the SRU

ETT onto a fiberoptic scope. ETT onto a fiberoptic scope.

CPR 90
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REBEL Cast Ep123: Reduced-Dose Systemic Peripheral Alteplase in Massive PE?

RebelEM

in the paper but 2.7% to ≈0.99 (p<0.001) Mean MPI/Tei Index≈ 0.47

Stroke 133
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Episode 26 – Blunt Cardiac Injury: Emergency Department Diagnosis and Management (Trauma CME)

EB Medicine

Post opiate hypotension in prehospital trauma patients is a rare but documented complication. In terms of radiography, a chest x-ray should be obtained as rib fractures, hemopneumothorax, and mediastinal free air are all things you wouldn't want to miss and are also associated with blunt cardiac injury. Nachi: Definitely.

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Grand Rounds Recap 8.16.23

Taming the SRU

Lane & Mcdonough Definition of an immediate whole body CT (iWBCT) scan Shortly after patient arrival.

Sepsis 95
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Grand Rounds Recap 5.3.23

Taming the SRU

then need further evaluation Usually with CTA imaging If normal physical exam & ABI>0.9,

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ECG Pointers: Pacemakers, Magnets, and Hiding Under the Charge Nurse’s Desk

EMDocs

The patient has no pulse so you start CPR. This can be caused by lead fracture or Oversensing. Did you guys forget theres a patient coding? Youre running the code, when suddenly your partner comes back looking triumphant! You yell at him, Are you ok? You see him dive under the charge nurses desk? Hey, wait a sec!

EKG/ECG 63
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Patient is informed of her husband's death: is it OMI or it stress cardiomyopathy?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

She sustained a large scalp hematoma along with several rib and vertebral fractures, but with CT scanning of chest/abdomen/pelvis/C-T-L-spine and head, no life threatening injuries were found. International expert consensus document on takotsubo syndrome (part I): Clinical characteristics, diagnostic criteria, and pathophysiology.

EKG/ECG 77