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ECG Pointers: Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There!

ECG Pointers returns with a continuation of last week's post.

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    Management of Acute Respiratory Distress in a Tracheostomy Patient

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    Scenario: You receive a call from EMS stating they are on the way to your emergency department with a 60 year-old male in acute respiratory distress. VS: HR 105, RR 30, BP 126/68, SpO2 83%. No further information is provided. The patient arrives, awake, alert and oriented in visible respiratory
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    Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in the ED

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    A primer on ECMO in the use of cardiopulmonary arrest
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    Compartment Syndrome: Pearls and Pitfalls

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    All the critical points for identification and management of compartment syndrome
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    Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis

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    Author: Jennifer Robertson, MD (EM Attending Physician, Cleveland Clinic) // Edited by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK) Featured on #FOAMED REVIEW 30TH EDITION – Thank you to Michael Macias from emCurious for the shout out! Introduction Cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) is a rare condition, defined as a septic thrombophlebitis of the

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    Necrotizing Fasciitis: What We Have Learned

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    Everything you always wanted to know about Nec Fasc but were afraid to ask...
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    Intern Report Collection

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    Our ongoing intern report series is the product of first-year EM residents at UT Southwestern exploring clinical questions they have found to be particularly intriguing. For med students & junior residents – if you haven’t encountered these issues yet, you will!
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    Acute heart failure exacerbation disposition

    Not all patients require admission

     

    Consider patient hemodynamics, respiratory status, ECG, labs (Cr, troponin, sodium/electrolytes), ability to ambulate, follow up

     

    Elevated troponin and serum Cr associated with worse outcomes

     

    Don’t use risk tools alone for DC, but Ottawa Heart Failure Risk Scale may assist in admission (ACEP Level B)

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