PulmCCM

JUNE 5, 2023

Corticosteroids for community-acquired pneumonia have been studied with inconclusive results, and expert guidelines currently advise against their use except in patients with refractory septic shock. veterans’ hospitals did not show a mortality reduction from low-dose methylprednisolone. standards of care.

Advances Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) 96

Advances Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Documentation/Coding CPR Shock 96

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 7, 2018

A Randomized Trial of Epinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Case: A 51-year-old man experiences a cardiac arrest on the street. A Randomized Trial of Epinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. A cardiac defibrillator is hooked up and the patient is in ventricular fibrillation.

Advances Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) 52

Advances Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) CPR Resuscitation Hospitals 52

EMDocs

APRIL 22, 2024

1-3 VTE is responsible for hospitalizing over 250,000 Americans every year, and there are an estimated 100,000 deaths annually associated with these conditions. 1-3 As many as 25% of acute PE cases present as sudden cardiac death. EMS verbalized concern to EPs that an “intracranial bleed” may have precipitated the event.

Ultrasounds 81

Ultrasounds Advances Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) EKG/ECG Shock 81