Mount Sinai EM

AUGUST 7, 2024

Ultrasound during cardiac arrest has quickly become standard. Initially, data suggested that the use of ultrasound during arrest increased pauses between compressions which worsens outcomes. Finally, patients with PEA and cardiac standstill on ultrasound have a 0.0%-0.6% Yours in ultrasounding, Shivam

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Ultrasounds CPR Documentation/Coding COPD 235

Emergency Medicine Cases

JUNE 7, 2022

In this part 2 of our 2-part podcast series on Cardiac Arrest - The When, Why & How, we discuss some of the finer art of cardiac arrest care and answer questions such as: how should we best communicate to EMS, the ED team and the family of the patient to keep the team focused, garner the most important info and keep the flow of the code going?

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Documentation/Coding CPR Resuscitation EMS 52

EMDocs

APRIL 2, 2024

Check the pulse RSI= Resuscitation Sequence Intubation Hypoxia, Hypotension, and Acidosis are the reason patients code during/post intubation These patients are super high risk for all 4 Optimize first pass success – Induction agent + paralytic Unconscious patients will still have muscle tone Induction Ketamine or Etomidate at half doses (i.e.,

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Documentation/Coding CPR EKG/ECG Sepsis 115

ACEP Now

JANUARY 4, 2025

ED attendings Dr. Gerald Whelan and Dr. Shumary Chow supervising a full arrest in C booththe main trauma roomwith an ED tech administering CPR. A typical shift when he was starting out would include patients falling into what was coded as 1350 major medical/trauma, 1060 minor medical/trauma, or 1050 medical walk-in. Click to enlarge.)

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Forensics Urgent Care Hospitals Emergency Department 52

Taming the SRU

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

ultrasound grand rounds: bedside dvt studies - family presence in the ed/icu - r1 clinical knowledge: aicd - r3 small groups: difficult airway management Ultrasound grand rounds: DVT studies WITH Dr. minges Why should we perform bedside DVT studies in the ED? ETT onto a fiberoptic scope.

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CPR Burns Airway Management Wellness 90

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

Jesse McLaren (@ECGcases), of Emergency Medicine Cases Reviewed by Pendell Meyers and Steve Smith An 85yo with a history of hypertension developed chest pain and collapsed, and had bystander CPR. The patient was brought to the ED as a possible Code STEMI and was seen directly by cardiology. Any indications for cath lab activation?

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EKG/ECG Documentation/Coding CPR Shock 52

EMDocs

JANUARY 11, 2024

Data that do not establish neurological risk stratification in the first 6 hours after CA include the patient’s age, duration of CPR, seizure activity, serum lactate level or pH, Glasgow motor subscore in patients who received NMB or sedation, pupillary function in patients who received atropine, and optic nerve sheath diameter (95.3%, 20/21).

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Seizures Shock Infectious Diseases CPR 97