PulmCCM

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

To focus matters, the hemodynamic variable under consideration is the stroke volume [SV]; in other words, how does a push of phenylephrine affect SV? ’ Diminished stroke volume? In the former group, stroke index [i.e., SV] increased significantly, while in the latter group, stroke index fell in response to phenylephrine.

Stroke 40

Stroke Sepsis Administration Wellness 40

ACEP Now

JANUARY 30, 2024

Download the ACEP app for your devices or use the web-based version online on acep.org/poctools. Also in ACEP’s Maintenance of Certification Center, you’ll find quick access to all the articles on the reading lists for EM as well as the subspecialty boards. Discover more at acep.org/MOC.

Pediatrics 52

Pediatrics EMS Documentation/Coding Stroke 52

EM SIM Cases

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This case comes from Dr. Jared Baylis and Dr. Kelly Huang Dr. Baylis is the Simulation Medical Director at University of British Columbia – Southern Medical Program and Interior Health, as well as an editor of EM Sim Cases. Heat Related Illness Download ECG Curtesy of Life in the Fast Lane, ECG Library for sinus tachycardia.

Hyperthermia / Hypothermia 52

Hyperthermia / Hypothermia EKG/ECG EMS Hospitals 52

RebelEM

MARCH 13, 2024

REBEL Reflections Episode 5: Thinking in Bets – Making Better Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts Click here for Direct Download of the Podcast Think back to the last time someone asked you a difficult question regarding a patient on shift. Would they ever be well enough to be extubated?

Documentation/Coding 55

Documentation/Coding Outcomes EMS Stroke 55

RebelEM

MAY 18, 2023

These patients can have a vasodilated vascular bed and the initial use of fluids is hypothesized to serve two purposes: Augmenting the macrovascular system (stroke volume and cardiac output) and augmenting the microvascular perfusion (capillary blood flow). Early Restrictive or Liberal Fluid Management for Sepsis-Induced Hypotension.

Sepsis 100

Sepsis Shock Resuscitation Outcomes 100

PulmCCM

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

As well, while systemic corticosteroids benefitted patients requiring oxygen in the RECOVERY evaluation , in the sub-population of patients without supplemental oxygen requirements, corticosteroids may have been harmful. Download his free textbook here.

Urgent Care 40

Urgent Care Hospitals Stroke Wellness 40

PulmCCM

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

While more detailed analyses are available for the keen reader [1-3], this brief approach will consider a simplified model first proposed well over a century ago. This is analogous to a left ventricle with constant stroke volume and heart rate, respectively. Download his free textbook here.

Burns 40

Burns Stroke Ultrasounds Wellness 40