Cardiovascular
Should We Shock Patients in Asystole?
Should cardiac arrest patients in asystole be shocked? Is there any advantage to this? What do we know about...
Syncope Rules
Patients presenting with syncope to the Emergency Department can pose a significant diagnostic challenge. The two main reasons for...
Diagnosing Ventricular Tachycardia in 5 easy steps
Here is a simple case of potential ventricular tachycardia(VT) How do you manage this? A patient has been...
Pericardiocentesis
How to Perform Pericardiocentesis Pericardiocentesis is used to treat symptomatic pericardial effusions and cardiac tamponade. It was first...
The Unstable Atrial Fibrillation Patient
THE CASE A 75 yo man is brought into your small rural ED after 3 hours of ischemic...
Pulseless Electrical Activity
Pulseless Electrical Activity(PEA) occurs in about 30% of cardiac arrest cases. Given that it's not a shockable rhythm,...
A patient with nausea, vomiting and lethargy
(Please note this is a free view of this week's 'own the ecg' blog. Enjoy). A 79 year old...
Seizure, Syncope and Sudden Collapse
https://vimeo.com/220458927 Associate Professor Peter Kas presents Seizure, Syncope and Sudden Collapse. The patient with syncope or presyncope becomes...
Age-Adjusted D-dimer for ruling out pulmonary embolism
We use D-dimer in patients with a low probability of a pulmonary embolism, to rule out the condition...