Sat.Sep 07, 2024

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An elderly male with shortness of breath

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 70-something y.o. male presents to triage with shortness of breath. He reports significant chest pain at the base of his scapula on the right side along with new shortness of breath. ECG 1 at time zero EARLY REPOLARIZATION ABNORMAL ECG ED final official overread: "early repol vs hyperacute T, minimal changes from previous (previous shown below)" What do YOU think?

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EM@3AM: Retroperitoneal Hematoma

EMDocs

Author: Iosif Davidov, MD (EM/IM/CC/Ethics Fellow at North Shore/LIJ Northwell Health System) // Reviewed by: Sophia Görgens, MD (EM Physician, BIDMC, MA); Cassandra Mackey, MD (Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School); Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK) Welcome to EM@3AM, an emDOCs series designed to foster your working knowledge by providing an expedited review of clinical basics.

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Earlier To Defib | IM Epi in OHCA

JournalFeed

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Sept 2-6, 2024. JournalFeed wants your feedback!! Tap here for a brief survey!! (<2 minutes) These are summaries from just 2 of the 5 articles we cover every week! For access to more, please visit JournalFeed.org for details about becoming a member. Tuesday Spoon Feed : In a retrospective study of 142 patients with an initial shockable rhythm and 4 to 5 episodes of recurrent/refractory ventricular fibrillation (VF) or pulseless ventricular tachycardia