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VA ECMO Unloading - LV Venting
Different LV Venting Strategies work through these basic mechanisms: ↓ Preload,
VA ECMO Unloading ... Afterload • Reducing ECMO ... cardiology #management #ecmo ... #treatment
Focus Assessed Transthoracic Echo (FATE) - Basic FATE views

Pos 1: Subcostal 4-chamber

Pos 2: Apical 4-chamber

Pos 3:
Transthoracic Echo ... Echocardiogram #POCUS #Windows
Papillary Muscle Rupture on POCUS

See the "cracking whip"?  This is what papillary muscle rupture looks
looks like on #Echo ... POCUS #Clinical #PLAX
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram - Parasternal Long Axis View

Echo shows normal biventricular size and systolic function,
Long Axis View Echo ... clinical #cardiology #plax
Rewarming Methods in Hypothermia
 • Passive rewarming - Requires adequate patient physiologic mechanisms. Inadequate for more
access to CPB or ECMO ... circulation • VV-ECMO ... Cardiopulmonary bypass or VA-ECMO ... Hypothermia #management #treatment
Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest Management
"Not dead until 32° and dead"
1) Start ACLS + Rewarming
2) Should this code
resuscitation. 3) Call ECMO ... Centre ASAP: ECMO ... esophageal probe 5) No ECMO ... rewarming #management #treatment
LAD Coronary Artery Dissection on POCUS

Severe CP x 1 hour, Ant/Sept STEMI on EKG.  ED
ED echo Focal Ant ... Echocardiogram #PSAX
Management of Anaphylaxis - Interventions
Epinephrine - Bolus, Infusion, Nebulized
Posture
O2
Fluids
Albuterol 
H1-Antihistamines, H2-Antihistamines
Glucocorticoids
Additional Vasopressor
Glucagon
Sugammadex
Methylene blue
Tranexamic acid
ECMO

#anaphylaxis #management #treatment
Tranexamic acid ECMO ... anaphylaxis #management #treatment
Severe Aortic Stenosis on POCUS

Calcified Aortic valve leaflets with minimal opening. LVH likely secondary to AS
Be sure to Echo ... Echocardiogram #Ultrasound #PLAX
Anterior Regional Wall Motion Abnormality on POCUS Echocardiogram 
PSLA window from echocardiogram done on admission of
Echocardiogram PSLA window ... seen on initial echo ... ultrasound #Cardiology #PLAX