Browsing: Cardiology

ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: Oct-Nov-Dec 2023

10/10/2023 Usama Khan, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD

A 54-year-old male with a past medical history significant for primary CNS B-cell lymphoma, on chemotherapy and lacosamide for seizure prophylaxis, was admitted to the ICU for hypoxia and neutropenic

Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Pulmonary , Cardiology , Neurology

Critical Care Alert: TAME Trial: Mild Hypercapnia versus Normocapnia after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

9/29/2023 ThucAn Bui, DO , Evan McMurray, MD

This Critical Care Alert examines a study of targeted mild hypercapnia versus normocapnia for patients who achieved ROSC after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Critical Care , Cardiology , Critical Care Roadblock

Roadblock: AFib with RVR

7/25/2023 Kunj Bhatt, MD , Sean M. Hickey, MD , Mark Andreae, MD

The EMRA Critical Care Committee's Roadblock series is the resuscitationist's guide to overcoming the obstacles in the normal algorithm of critically ill patients. Through this series, we will ask the

Critical Care Devices , Critical Care , Cardiology

Critical Care Device Series: Transvenous Pacemaker

7/24/2023 Alexandra Hallagan, MD , Christian Kasianko, MD , Amrita Vempati, MD

Temporary transvenous pacing (TTVP) utilizes central venous access to pass an electrode into the right ventricle. TTVPs are one of the most infrequently performed procedures by emergency physicians;

ECG Challenge , Cardiology

ECG Challenge: July-Aug-Sept 2023

7/15/2023 Erica Burmood, DO , Kelby Schaeffler, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD

A 22-year-old female with no significant past medical history presents to the emergency department with wheezing after a recent upper respiratory infection. The patient is treated with a continuous 15

Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Cardiology , Radiology

Critical Care Alert: The CT FIRST Cohort Study

6/26/2023 Annemarie Daecher, MD , Dustin Slagle, MD , Evan McMurray, MD

While it didn’t improve survival to hospital discharge or neurologic recovery vs the current standard of care, the sudden death CT (SDCT) protocol significantly improved the time and diagnostic abilit

Critical Care Devices , Critical Care , Cardiology

Critical Care Device Series: Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (CIED)

6/5/2023 Logan Brich , Brendan Innes, MD , Achyut Kamat, MD, FACEP

Given the prevalence of cardiac implantable electronic devices in the United States, it is important for emergency physicians to understand the basic operation and be able to recognize and address com

Critical Care Devices , Critical Care , Cardiology

Critical Care Device Series: LVADs

5/2/2023 Christian Kasianko, MD , Evan McMurray, MD

Initially meant to improve survival and bridge patients in the outpatient setting from their diagnosis of heart failure to donor transplantation, mechanical assistance of the left ventricle has evolve

Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Wilderness Medicine , EMS , Cardiology

Critical Care Alert: ICE-CRASH Study

5/2/2023 Sara Twadell, MD , Evan McMurray, MD

The ICE-CRASH Study examined the effects of ECMO on neurological outcomes among patients with severe hypothermia. Get the summary and the take-home points pertinent to emergency medicine.

Cardiology

VF Arrest: Prolonged CPR in an Electrical Storm

4/15/2023 Brenda Sokup, DO , Dulari Patel, DO , Nirav Patel, DO , Alexander Ostrovsky, MD

VF arrests can occur after days of symptoms and can proceed into a ventricular storm. This may require prolonged resuscitation with defibrillators, the definitive therapy of VF. Early dual sequence de

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Browsing: Cardiology

ECG Challenge: Oct-Nov-Dec 2023

Critical Care Alert: TAME Trial: Mild Hypercapnia versus Normocapnia after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Roadblock: AFib with RVR

Critical Care Device Series: Transvenous Pacemaker

ECG Challenge: July-Aug-Sept 2023

Critical Care Alert: The CT FIRST Cohort Study

Critical Care Device Series: Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (CIED)

Critical Care Device Series: LVADs

Critical Care Alert: ICE-CRASH Study

VF Arrest: Prolonged CPR in an Electrical Storm

#FOAMed and External Sources

Episode 34 – Tachyarrhythmias

Amal Mattu on COVID Cardiology

HEART or EDACS-ADP Combined with 0 and 1-hour High Sensitivity Troponin

More Cardiac Testing ≠ Better (aka Verschlimmbessern)

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