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Atypical STEMI Patterns and STEMI Equivalents

Looking deeper into the art of EKG reading...Atypical STEMI patterns and STEMI equivalents to consider when the triage nurse hands you an EKG and says "chest pain", "dizziness", or "syncope"

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Stroke Mimics: Pearls and Pitfalls

A stroke mimic is defined as a nonvascular disease that presents with stroke-like symptoms, often indistinguishable from an actual stroke. Why does it matter if a mimic is diagnosed as a stroke? Learn the pearls and pitfalls of stroke mimics.

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Identifying Complete Heart Block and the use of Temporary Cardiac Pacing in the Emergency Department

Third degree, or complete, heart block indicates complete dissociation between the atria and the ventricles. It is a cardiac emergency that has numerous causes including primary cardiac, electrolyte and medication toxicity. It needs to be managed with emergent pacing, either trancutaneous or transvenous. This article describes complete heart block and its management.

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ED CRASH Course: TXA MATTERS!

Your shift starts and all of your patients are bleeding! There is an MVC victim with a tense abdomen and traumatic brain injury, a patient with an upper GI bleed, a woman whose spontaneous vaginal delivery has turned into a post-partum hemorrhage, and a brisk epistaxis in the back hallway. You tha...

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Ovarian Torsion

Naturally, we have all been taught to think “outside the box” and know to consider conditions outside the abdominal cavity.. When we are thinking outside of the box, make sure we keep Ovarian Torsion on our DDx list for the young girls.