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Paediatric Prehospital Cardiac Arrest Checklist
- Optimize Positioning
- Essential Life Support
- Advanced Life Support
- Post-ROSC Care
- Pre-departure
Paediatric Prehospital ... Cardiac Arrest ... #Cardiac #Arrest ... Checklist #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Prehospital #Management
Hyperkalemia Treatment Options
Stabilize cardiac membrane:
 • IV Calcium (peaks 5-10 minutes)
Decrease potassium concentration:
 • IV Fluids
Shift
Options Stabilize cardiac ... minutes) Decrease potassium ... Fluids Shift potassium ... #Hyperkalemia #management ... #potassium #nephrology
Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 • Facilitating passage of stone:
Management of Pediatric ... Kidney Stones Acute Managment ... alkalinisation: potassium ... Kidney #Stones #Management ... #Pediatrics #nephrology
Checklist Approach to Hypokalemia

Consider risk factors for arrhythmia:
 - EKG changes (especially QT prolongation)
 - Digoxin
safely, whereas potassium ... patients (including cardiac ... Enteral potassium ... Intravenous potassium ... #Hypokalemia #Management
Electrolyte Repletion
Potassium 
  - ref range 3.5-4.5
  - if acute MI, cardiac conditions >4.5
Electrolyte Repletion Potassium ... - if acute MI, cardiac ... CAD or active cardiac ... Electrolyte #Repletion #management
Decompensated Heart Failure Management Strategies

Wet (volume overloaded) vs Dry (euvolemic) and Cold (low cardiac output) vs
Heart Failure Management ... and Cold (low cardiac ... vs Warm (normal cardiac ... #HeartFailure #management ... #CHF #cardiology
Drugs affecting the cardiac action potential. The sharp rise in voltage ("0") corresponds to the influx
affecting the cardiac ... repolarizing eflux of potassium ... #Pharmacology #Cardiology
PocketPEM - Pediatric Arrhythmias #Management #Peds #EM #Cardiology #Arrhythmia #PocketCard #SVT #PEA #Asystole #VT #VFib #Bradycardia
PocketPEM - Pediatric ... Arrhythmias #Management ... #Peds #EM #Cardiology
Tetralogy of Fallot Summary
 • Anatomy
 • Incidence
 • Pathophysiology
 • Presentation
 • Common Variants
 •
palliation • Post-Op Management ... Fallot #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #peds ... #pediatrics #treatment
Aortic Stenosis & Bicuspid Aortic Valve (AS)
 • Introduction & Pathophysiology
 • Classifications
 • Epidemiology
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Pre-operative Management ... Post-operative Management ... #AorticValve #cardiology ... #peds #pediatrics