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Highland EM Ultrasound - Ultrasound Guided ED Pain Management
#Pharmacology #Local #Regional #Anesthesia #Anesthetics #DosingGuide #MaxDose #Toxicity
#Pharmacology #Local ... #Anesthetics #DosingGuide ... MaxDose #Toxicity #Table
Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
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Consciousness - Workup ... Clinical Exam - Focal ... Clinical Exam - Non-Focal ... Refer to Blood Work ... #diagnosis #workup
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Diagnosis and Workup ... Overload/HTN • Focal ... Microvascular CAD, Focal ... Occlusion • Stable
Spider Bites - Black Widow vs Brown Recluse
BLACK WIDOW 
 - Yellow/Red Hourglass on belly
Cytotoxin - Local ... Mainly supportive (local ... BrownRecluse #Comparison #Table
Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Hyperreflexia Focal ... Guillain-Barré syndrome) Focal ... differential #diagnosis #table
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
Local Anaesthetic ... • Local anaesthetic ... injecting the local ... anaesthesia #Local ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
❷ Liaise with local ... activate appropriate local ... until patient is stable ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Ortner's (Cardiovocal) Syndrome - Left Vocal Cord Paralysis on Laryngoscopy

A 42 yo presented with a hoarse
Syndrome - Left Vocal ... Work up led to a ... Cardiovocal #Syndrome #Vocal
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
bleeding from below vocal ... • Workup • General ... Management #treatment #workup
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
tox/infectious workup ... headache - Focal ... Delirium #Evaluation #Workup