Podcast 846: Early Repolarization vs. Anterio...

Contributor: Meghan Hurley, MD Educational Pearls: What animal is the most lethal to humans? Depending on how we define lethal, and animal, this answer is actually not straight forward. Globally and in the U.S. the most lethal animal is humans, accounting for ~436,000 to ~20,000 ...  Show more

Contributor: Travis Barlock, MD Educational Pearls: First-pass success is critical to limit complications from apnea, hypoxia, and airway trauma. Complication rate for patients intubated on the first pass is 14% Complication rates increase to 47% after two attempts, 64% after thr ...  Show more

The 6 STEMI Equivalents: Other atypical ischemic EKG findings: Further Reading (see photos in the article): ECG Diagnosis of Life-Threatening STEMI Equivalent’s: Journal of the American College of Cardiology 

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the July 2023 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Diagnosing and Treating Pericarditis and Myocarditis in the Emergency DepartmentEpidemiologyNomenclatureEtiologyDifferential diagnosisPrehospital careED history and physi ...  Show more

An interesting back story on this must-not-miss EKG finding in the ED! Hosts: Joseph Offenbacher, MD Audrey Bree Tse, MD https://media.blubrry.com/coreem/content.blubrry.com/coreem/CoreEM_Wellens.mp3 Download One Comment Tags: #FOAMed, #wellens, Cardiology, EKG, STEMI Show Notes ...  Show more

A patient's electrocardiogram exhibits signs of consecutive p-waves at a rate of 250 per minute with QRS complexes appearing at rate of 80 per minute. The baseline waves are identical and have a sawtooth appearance. Which of the following abnormal rhythms is MOST likely present? ...  Show more