TOXCard: Nerve Agents
Nerve agents have been in the news again recently… Scary stuff.
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ECG Pointers: Limb Lead Reversal
What happens with limb lead reversal on the ECG?
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TOXCard: Acetaminophen Toxicity and Management
Acetaminophen Toxicity – What you need to know
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ECG Pointers: TCA Overdose
What do you need to consider when looking at an ECG in the setting of a TCA overdose? Better yet, what findings on an ECG suggest TCA ingestion? Learn more about TCAs on this edition of ECG Pointers.
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TOXCard: Loperamide Toxicity
Loperamide, it’s more than just the ‘poor man’s methadone.’
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The EM Educator Series: Trauma Chameleons and Missed Injuries
Welcome to another post in the EM Educator Series. Today’s edition covers trauma chameleons, difficult populations, and missed traumatic injuries. As an added bonus, we have an educational download available as well!
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Emergency Medicine Collective Wisdom: Jenny Beck-Esmay
Welcome to another post in the EM Collective Wisdom series. This series asks star emergency physicians key questions concerning their successes, failures, and impact in EM. Today we have a post from Jenny Beck-Esmay.
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EM@3AM: Pulmonary Hypertension
A 65F presents to your ED with chest pain and shortness of breath. Her symptoms have been going on for several months and have been progressively worsening. She states that she has felt this way since she was diagnosed with a “blood clot in her lungs” several months ago. VS include T 37.5C, HR 103, RR 22, Pox 89% on RA. What should you consider, and what’s your next step in evaluation and treatment?
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EM Educator Series: MALA exists and is bad for you!
This edition of the EM Educator Series covers a difficult topic: metformin-associated lactic acidosis (MALA). We start with a case, followed by key considerations and resources. As an added bonus, we have an educational download available as well!
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ECG Pointers: Posterior MI
Welcome to this week’s ECG Pointers, an emDOCs series designed to give you high yield tips about ECGs to keep your interpretation skills sharp. This week we discuss how to identify a posterior STEMI, which can commonly be mistaken as a NSTEMI.
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