24 results
PEA Arrest Algorithm incorporating POCUS

- by Mark Ramzy DO, EMT-P @MRamzyDO

#PEA #Arrest #Algorithm #POCUS #Diagnosis #Narrow
PEA Arrest Algorithm ... incorporating POCUS ... #POCUS #Diagnosis ... #Narrow #Wide # ... QRS
POCUS Algorithm for Chest Pain

Integrating POCUS in crashing chest pain is complex. Know the views that
POCUS Algorithm ... crashing chest pain is ... identify sick pts ... #Algorithm #CriticalCare ... #Shock #Crashing
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
Management - Narrow vs Wide ... Flutter P waves, is ... • MAT. 3 types ... Wide - Regular: ... #narrow #algorithm
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Shock Types - Classification ... PRE-SHOCK - Compensated ... end-organ damage, multisystem ... - Most common type ... Classification #types
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
PRE-SHOCK - Compensated ... shock. ... end-organ damage, multisystem ... • Most common type ... Classification #Types
Common Vasopressors and Inotropes
Norepinephrine (NE)
 - Indication: Distributive shock (1st line for septic shock), Cardiogenic shock
(mild ↑CO) - Side ... HR is not desired ... where ↑ HR is not ... - Side effects ... be used in all types
FALLS protocol - POCUS evaluation in shock

The FALLS-protocol is an ultrasound evaluation of patients with acute
FALLS protocol - POCUS ... FALLS-protocol is ... ultrasound in a step-wise ... is present according ... #Algorithm
Second Degree Heart Block, Mobitz Type II

• p waves are normal 
• QRS complexes are usually
Block, Mobitz Type ... are normal • QRS ... usually (not always) wide ... • The block is ... system #Mobitz #Type2
Atrioventricular Blocks (AV blocks) - ECG Diagnosis Summary
First Degree AV Block
 • The P wave is
in duration or wide ... Degree AV Block Type ... degree AV Block type ... be wide or narrow ... wide and less the
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
undifferentiated shock ... in impending shock ... ill patient with shock ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... perfusion - shock