AED Leader

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Before the arrival of Thanksgiving, Chad Martinez went into cardiac arrest multiple times and was given a total of over 100 AED shocks to try to restart his heart. The post Littleton man recovers after multiple cardiac arrests and 100+ AED shocks appeared first on AEDs for Sale | Buy Defibrillators and Accessories.

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University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This small study suggests using reverse shock index times the Glasgow Comma Scake score may give a prognostication on pediatric trauma seve. Click to view the rest

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The Bottom Line

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Landiolol and Organ Failure in Patients With Septic Shock Whitehouse. 2023.20134 Clinical Question In patients with tachycardia and septic shock who are treated with high dose norepinephrine does the use of β-blockade for up to 14 days reduce organ failure compared to standard care? JAMA Published online October 25, 2023.

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PHARM

APRIL 28, 2023

Some joker on Twitter called Chrimes took this at Aspen, Colorado It is an oft quoted maxim of trauma resuscitation that shock is haemorrhagic until proven otherwise. Cardiac causes of shock in trauma? Albeit yes he/she may be in shock due to a smashed femur but what of their cardiogenic shock from the acute anterior MI?

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Shock Resuscitation Wellness 52

University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Pearls for the Patient in Cardiogenic Shock Cardiogenic shock is generally defined as tissue hypoperfusion due to ineffective cardi. Click to view the rest

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EB Medicine

JANUARY 3, 2023

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, interviews Ara Festekjian, MD, one of the authors of the November 2022 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice article on Pediatric Septic Shock in the Emergency Department Introduction: How common is sepsis in kids and what is the mortality rate in the US?

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Taming the SRU

MARCH 30, 2023

Diastolic shock index and clinical outcomes in patients with septic shock. O: There was an association between increased diastolic shock index score and mortality at 90 days and performed similarly to more advanced measures of morbidity and mortality in septic shock including lactate levels and SOFA scores.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The post EM Quick Hits 51 – Methylene Blue in Septic Shock, TMJ Dislocation, Crohn’s Disease, Analgesia for Renal Colic, Inhaled Steroids for Asthma, Hypocalcemia in Bleeding Trauma Patients appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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Medagadget

JULY 12, 2023

Moximed , a medtech company based in California, has developed the MISHA knee system, an implantable shock absorber for use in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Anton Clifford: The MISHA Knee System is the first FDA-cleared implantable shock absorber developed for the treatment of medial compartment knee osteoarthritis.

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University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

JANUARY 23, 2023

An Uncommon Cause of Shock Sepsis is the most common cause of distributive shock encountered in the emergency department and intens. Click to view the rest

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Emergency Medicine Cases

JANUARY 4, 2022

What is the preferred order of vasopressors and ionotropes in the management of cardiogenic shock? How can we best pick up occult cardiogenic shock before it floured shock kicks in? What is the evidence for intra-aortic balloon pumps, percutaneous ventricular assist devices and ECMO in the patient with cardiogenic shock?

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Board Bombs

APRIL 30, 2023

Let’s talk about a lesser common cause of shock. Cardiogenic Shock. Let’s talk about a lesser common cause of shock. Cardiogenic Shock. In fact, it might just decide to kill the patient if you do that. Want to experience the greatest in board studying? Cite this podcast as: Briggs, Blake; Husain, Iltifat. Episode 174.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 26, 2023

A 20-something presented after a huge verapamil overdose in cardiogenic shock. He was admitted to the ICU and was unstable, in shock, overnight. Today's patient is a young male who presented in cardiogenic shock following a massive verapamil overdose. The initial K was 3.0 mEq/L and ionized calcium was 5.5 What is going on here?

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University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

MARCH 20, 2023

Things to Consider for Persistent or Worsening Septic Shock Septic shock is one of the most common critical illnesses in emergency. Click to view the rest

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University of Maryland CC Project

MAY 30, 2023

Petr Ostadal, MD, PhD, Head of the Acute Cardiology Unit and Deputy Head of the Department of Cardiology at Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic and Associate Professor of Medicine at the 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague presents results of his trial with a lecture entitled, "Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the Therapy (..)

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University of Maryland CC Project

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Chee Chan, a Pulmonary Critical Care physician and Medical Director of the Medical Intermediate Care Unit at MedStar Washington presents an interactive discussion on shock as part of the DC5 lecture series.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 30, 2023

A 50-something man presented in shock with severe chest pain. The patient was in clinical shock with a lactate of 8. This confirms inferior, posterior, lateral, and RV MI RV MI often leads to shock and (systolic) hypotension. RVMI explains part of the shock. His prehospital ECG was diagnostic of inferior posterior OMI.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Intervention: * Vector Change Defibrillation: Pads are placed in an anterior-posterior pad placement after standard anterior-anterior configuration following the third shock with standard defibrillation. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Date: February 7, 2023 Reference: Cheskes et al. .

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JournalFeed

DECEMBER 24, 2022

1 Shock Methods Spoon Feed For the treatment of refractory ventricular fibrillation (VF) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, survival to hospital discharge was more common among patients who received double sequential external defibrillation (DSED) and vector-change (VC) defibrillation than those who received standard defibrillation.

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Emergency Medicine Education

OCTOBER 19, 2022

They concluded that “early norepinephrine infusion was not associated with 24-hour or in-hospital mortality among patients with blunt trauma and hemorrhagic shock.” ” Link to article

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PHARM

APRIL 28, 2023

How I personalize fluid therapy in septic shock? – PMC — Read on www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10039545/

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ED ECMO

JANUARY 1, 2021

Amazing patient who had an Iliac pseudo-aneurysm causing hemorrhagic shock through the urinary tract, resuscitated using REBOA. Amazing patient who had an Iliac pseudo-aneurysm causing hemorrhagic shock through the urinary tract, resuscitated using REBOA.

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JournalFeed

MARCH 28, 2020

We cover cast vs walking boot for Achilles tendon rupture; treating toddler's fracture - boot, cast, or nothing; digital distractors for painful pediatric procedures; WEST’s c-spine clearance algorithm; and RAFF2 - drug-shock or just shock a-fib. Special thanks to Lara Fesdekjian for writing theme music!

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Emergency Medicine Cases

JANUARY 14, 2020

In this CritCases blog, Shock and Hypoxia in Blunt Chest Trauma, a collaboration between STARS Air Ambulance Service, Mike Betzner and EM Cases, Mike Misch guides us through a hairy thoracic trauma case, reviewing principles of trauma resuscitation, airway considerations, tension pneumothorax management and a rare and challenging trauma diagnosis.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JUNE 2, 2023

Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES): Basics Non IgE-mediated food allergy ( Calvani, 2021 ) Profuse vomiting and diarrhea that can progress to lethargy , pallor , and shock Usually seen in infants (<1 year) as new foods are being introduced in diet Common dietary triggers include grains, cow milk and soy ( Michelet, 2017 ) Can also (..)

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Emergency Medicine Cases

MAY 4, 2021

The post EM Quick Hits 28 Cardiogenic Shock, Radiation Dose in Pregnancy, PoCUS in Airway Management, VIPIT, Angiotensin II, Short-Term Steroid Safety appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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Airway Management EMS Shock Resuscitation 52

Greater Sydney Area HEMS

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Join us as Sydney HEMS Senior Staff Specialist Dr Brian Burns discusses the recognition, aetiology and treatment of different types of shock in our pre-hospital trauma patients.

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The Trauma Pro

AUGUST 22, 2023

The EMS report indicates that your incoming patient is in shock. A simple one is the use of any of your blood refrigerator products or emergency release blood , or a calculated score such as the ABC score or shock index (SI). Shock index (SI) is defined as the heart rate divided by the SBP. Sometimes, it’s obvious.

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Shock EMS Wellness 100

JournalFeed

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

We cover the longstanding controversy around epinephrine for arrest, esmolol for septic shock, TXA for TBI, TXA for SAH, and ECG abnormalities in COVID-19. It’s the JournalFeed Podcast for the week of Feb 15-19, 2021.

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EKG/ECG Shock 52

Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Investigators from Leipzig Germany called the trial ECLS-SHOCK. It studied the use of extracorporeal life support in patients with cardiogenic shock due to acute myocardial infarction. ECLS-SHOCK delivered shocking results. Cardiogenic shock often leads to death. First some background. Think pump failure.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JUNE 1, 2016

Do we recognize shock early enough? World wide, shock is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children, mostly for failure to recognize or to treat adequately. So, what is shock? Simply put, shock is the inadequate delivery of oxygen to your tissues. How do we prioritize our interventions? Pericardial Effusion?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

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. Clinically — the patient was felt to be in cardiogenic shock. They recorded an EC G: New ST Elevation.

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EKG/ECG Shock Outcomes Hospitals 52

Emergency Medicine Cases

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The post EM Quick Hits 10 – TXA CRASH-3, CJEM Cellulitis, Double Defib, Serratus Anterior Block, PARC score, Toxic Shock Syndrome appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

MARCH 26, 2019

Sara Gray, intensivist and emergency physician, co-author of The CAEP Sepsis Guidelines, answers questions such as: How does one best recognize occult septic shock? Which fluid and how much fluid is best for resuscitation of the septic shock patients? What are the goals of resuscitation in the patient with sepsis or septic shock?

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RebelEM

MAY 25, 2023

I recently gave a talk on the initial management of trauma patients with hemorrhagic shock. Clinical Take Home Point: In patients with TBI and hypovolemic shock, target a SBP or MAP ≥90mmHg, but know this is based on limited evidence. vs SBP target <90mmHg which resulted in a mortality of 33.4%

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Mount Sinai EM

APRIL 7, 2023

Here’s a list on how TB might present: Region Symptoms Imaging Pulmonary – apical and posterior upper lobes, superior segment of lower lobe Productive cough, dyspnea, hemoptysis, pleuritic chest pain Immunocompromised may have more atypical findings Lymph Tends to be unilateral and non-tender Can develop scrofula= enlarged cervical nodes that (..)

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University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This paper outlines a training course by Hartford Hospital for general surgery and emergency medicine residents. Their goal was to assess pre-a. Click to view the rest

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