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Emergency Medicine Education | Podcast | Resus
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Should cardiac arrest patients in asystole be shocked? Is there any advantage to this? What do we know about asystole in cardiac arrest? Patients in asystole are known to have a very poor prognosis, with 0% to 2% surviving to hospital discharge. There is a slightly better prognosis if the rhythm converts spontaneously to a shockable rhythm…
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How to Perform Pericardiocentesis Pericardiocentesis is used to treat symptomatic pericardial effusions and cardiac tamponade. It was first described in the 1650’s and since the introduction of the subxiphoid approach in 1911, has been used very successfully, with significant reduction in morbidity and mortality. The use of echocardiography and other guidance techniques have reduced the…
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How to Diagnose the Patient with Vertigo in 5 steps This week it’s all about the ‘dizzy’ patient, or that patient with vertigo. I recently spoke at EMCORE Melbourne and went through my step by step approach of sorting, in my mind at least, the potential causes of the ‘dizzy’ patient. Below is a summary…
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Reading the ECG, is one of the most important skills in Medicine. We are expected to read them expertly and read them quickly. In most cases we have about 20 seconds to recognise that an ECG isn’t normal. That’s why I came up with my own system: “The ECG in 20 Seconds”, because that’s really…
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Introduction If find myself reaching more and more for the non-invasive ventilation, in the COPD patient. I’ve always loved it for acute pulmonary oedema. However, there is something about assisting the patient’s work of breathing, that allows me to ‘titrate’ what I give. A Case The ambulance bring a patient in on a rebreather. She…
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