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Bradycardia Diagnostic and Management Algorithm

CONSIDER ETIOLOGY (not inclusive): 
 - STRUCTURAL: sick sinus, AV block, ischemia,
and Management Algorithm ... sick sinus, AV block ... LIFE THREATENING CAUSES ... & TREATMENT - ... #Bradycardia #Algorithm
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Emergency Medicine: Superficial Cervical Plexus Nerve Block
Uses in the Emergency Department:
Regional Nerve Blocks ... Cervical Plexus Nerve Block ... Uses in the Emergency ... plexus #nerve #block
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
Summary of Heart Blocks ... 1st Degree Heart Block ... Mobitz I Heart Block ... Complete Heart Block ... • Block in AV
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Emergency Medicine: Interscalene Brachial Plexus Nerve Block
Uses in the Emergency Department:
Regional Nerve Blocks ... Brachial Plexus Nerve Block ... Uses in the Emergency ... plexus #nerve #block
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Emergency Medicine: Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Nerve Block
Uses in the Emergency Department:
Regional Nerve Blocks ... Brachial Plexus Nerve Block ... Uses in the Emergency ... plexus #nerve #block
Deep T Wave Inversions - Differential
Normal variants 
  A. Juvenile T wave pattern
bundle branch blocks ... bundle branch block ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Pacemaker Placement Indications
Class I:
 • Third degree block
 • Advanced 2nd degree block
 • Symptomatic Mobitz
• Third degree block ... Advanced 2nd degree block ... or 3rd degree block ... • Reversible causes ... of AV block -
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
treat the primary cause ... to effectively block ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment
Hyperkalemia - Management Algorithm
 • IV calcium
 • IV insulin and glucose and/or salbutamolt
 • Consider
Hyperkalemia - Management Algorithm ... Intraventricular blocks ... , fascicular blocks ... bundle branch blocks ... #treatment
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
• Antipyretics block ... production • Treatment ... antipyretics to block ... rapidly fatal • Causes ... Identify underlying cause