Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

A bedside cardiac ultrasound was normal, with no effusion. He underwent CPR, and regained a pulse after epinephrine, with an organized narrow complex rhythm at 140, but still with severe shock. Assessment was severe sudden cardiogenic shock. He remained hypotensive and in shock. What is it? There is STE in V2-V6.

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PHEM Cast

APRIL 16, 2018

Ultrasound during TCA: Cureton et al. The heart of the matter: utility of ultrasound of cardiac activity during traumatic arrest. The outcomes from different resuscitative interventions in a haemorrhagic shock model in porcine model: From: Watts et al. Use of CPR in hemorrhagic shock, a dog model. 2012; 73: 102-10.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 16, 2024

VF/asystole), a pulse cannot be identified via Doppler ultrasound for a full minute, or if lack of organized cardiac activity is confirmed on bedside echocardiogram. This is a good time to utilize an arterial line or use the ultrasound to find a central pulse. Hypothermic arrest differs from cardiac arrest from other causes.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

She was in shock with thready pulses. The rate is not fast enough to be causing shock, so if it is VT, the priority is still to treat hyperK and secondarily to cardiovert. They thought it was VT, but did not shock. On arrival, the patient was in shock, was intubated, and had an immediate cardiac ultrasound.

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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. Medical anti-shock trousers (MAST) being applied for a trauma patient and a Datascope cardiac monitor in use during traumatic full arrest. Now, we have ultrasound or CT scans to confirm.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

The paramedics achieve return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after CPR, advanced cardiac life support (ALCS), and Intubation. She arrives in the emergency department (ED) with decreased level of consciousness and shock.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

CPR was initiated immediately. Decision was made to push tPA after approximately 25 minutes of CPR, and after approximately 25 minutes after tPA was given, O2 saturation increased to 97%, and the patient was no longer cyanotic, converted to normal sinus rhythm with anterior lateral T wave inversions with ST depressions."

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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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Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Common causes include central venous catheterization (subclavian or internal jugular), lung biopsy, barotrauma from PPV, thoracentesis, bronchoscopy, pacemaker insertion, CPR, and intercostal nerve block [12, 14]. J Emerg Trauma Shock. The "lung point": an ultrasound sign specific to pneumothorax. Ann Emerg Med. 2008;1(1):34-41.

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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. Thirty minutes later the first Troponin I came back elevated at 650 ng/L (normal <26), and bedside ultrasound found anteroseptal akinesia.

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EB Medicine

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Thankfully, that gentleman was successfully resuscitated despite no bystander CPR, and if you listen carefully, we hope to arm you with the tools to do so similarly. Nachi: Each year, in the US, approximately 10,000 patients present with electrical burns or shocks. Thankfully, fatalities are declining, with just 565 in 2015.

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Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

While Point of Care Ultrasound has made limited entry in prehospital care, largely with physician-led services and some Advanced Paramedics; it has largely been as a proof of concept rather than everyday care. An elderly lady in cardiogenic shock (BP 60/40) with no veins , I was lucky to get a 24-gauge PIV into the back of her wrist.

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EB Medicine

MARCH 1, 2019

Consider valvular injury in any patient who appears to be in cardiogenic shock, has hypotension without obvious hemorrhage, or has pulmonary edema. Jeff: Interestingly, the system I work in has prehospital physicians, who do carry US, but I can’t think of a major trauma where ultrasound changed any of the decisions we made.

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Critical Care Now

JUNE 21, 2022

His main areas of interest are Critical Care, Ultrasound, Prehospital Resuscitation, and Medical Education. CPR was started immediately after the coaching staff could not find a pulse and EMS arrived to find the patient in cardiac arrest. His coach and fellow players witnessed a seizure-like activity immediately after collapsing.

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