Pacemakers and Paced ECG Interpretation
A super helpful guide for understanding pacemakers-which sums up almost everything you may have ever wondered about pacemakers and how they function. The second link is a guide to interpretation… Read more »
Author Archives: Jessica Blackbourn
Ped Struck
This post is a great review of the mechanism of ped struck and the injury patterns to be watching for in these patients. Something most of us ER staff take… Read more »
LVAD Management in the ED
Managing LVAD patients in the Emergency Department is complicated even if you see them fairly often. Here are a few resources to keep you calm and to review the basic… Read more »
Compression Pauses for Ultrasound During Cardiac Arrest
I have often felt like we stop too often in arrests for a variety of factors. Maybe I am just old school? Maybe I have read way too much about… Read more »
End Stage Renal Disease Case
An excellent review of the very sick renal patient. Is dialysis the answer? emDocs Cases: The Sick ESRD Patient
Fluids in Pediatric Sepsis
What are we doing to decide and how do we start? We know fluid is key in resuscitating septic patients but what if they are children? Are we ready for… Read more »
Protective Ventilation
How to prevent further lung damage with ventilation strategies. A great post for the RT’s and all the airway nerds like me! The Benefit of Lung Protective Ventilation in the… Read more »
3% NS vs Mannitol
Increased ICP, basically worst case scenario stuff, what do we have to throw at it and how much room can we make by shifting all that fluid out? Can we… Read more »
VV vs VA ECMO
This is a great post about how these 2 types of ECMO compare and the indications for application of ECMO. Simply put VA offers full cardiac and pulmonary support while… Read more »
Thoracotomy in traumatic cardiac arrest
There are only so many options in a traumatic cardiac arrest. Is the ED thoracotomy a reasonable fix to anything or are we just making a mess? The general rule… Read more »