Forget ACLS guidelines if you are dealing with Pulseless Electric Activity. Part 1.

ACLS Guidelines are misleading about diagnosis and treatment of pulseless electric activity (PEA) This takes to conceptual and clinical errors when treating patients in cardiac arrest. Let’s see why and if there is a better way to follow when dealing with this kind of patients. First part is about diagnosis and diagnostic tools. Live your […]

http://medest118.com/2015/09/05/forget-acls-guidelines-if-you-are-dealing-with-pulseless-electric-activity-part-1/

Reports from the Top End – The TriClinicians Cup

Recently the Aeromedical Society of Australia had their annual conference up in Darwin. This is the first of a few posts arising from people who got there – Dr Sam Bendall with a report from sim land.  I love the way simulation brings people together. All aeromedical services use simulation as a training tool and that […]

http://careflightcollective.com/2015/09/04/reports-from-the-top-end-the-triclinicians-cup/

In Difficult-to-Intubate Children, Video Laryngoscopy Is Modality of Choice

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STEMI and STEMI Equivalents, i.e. Who Needs the Cath Lab Now!

1. The ACC/AHA Criteria (1) (2)  ST-elevation in 2 contiguous leads that is: * Men 40: 2.0 mm ST-elevation in V2 or V3, 1 mm in any other lead * Women: >1.5 mm ST-elevation in V2 or V3, 1 mm in any other lead STEMI’s have a 90-minute door-to-balloon time mandate from the Center for Medicare Services (CMS). To be good stewards of our resources we need to be familiar the false positive STEMI patterns.  Ultimately, however, some degree of over triage and activation for false positives is expected and (potentially even) desirable.

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