Emergency Care
16 Threads
#NeuroPostItPearl #21 1/ Every now and then I'll be on a triage call where a patient is likely peri-herniation and the hypertonic saline or mannitol is "going to come from pharmac...
ICU stories: Eldelry pt w CAD s/p multi-vessel PCI / DM2 / HTN presented to the ED w epigastric "burning". Symptoms much worse with laying down & while eating. No relief w iv famot...
How to help a choking infant! An infant has just choked on a tiny item (even after you had tried to keep it out of their reach), here is what to do. A thread!
You get called to the haemodialysis unit. An 18 yr old man has missed his dialysis all week & today reports weak legs. The dialysis nurse snaps this ECG as he passes out. What do...
Case study : A 48-year-old man with diabetes and he had virus Corona was admitted to the emergency department. He had hypoventilaiom . https://t.co/J9YUJTFdZS
1/🧵 Let’s learn about Ace inh-induced angioedema His lips & tongue swelled up hours after taking a blood pressure med he’d been on 10 years - lisinopril. 📍What’s the treatment?...
ICU stories: Elderly pt w PMHx of CAD/COPD/CKD/DM2/cirrhosis c/b esoph varices + ascites requiring paracentesis (most recent a week earlier)/anemia of chronic dz/”etc” presented to...
1/18 Chest pain is a frequently seen reason for admission. Here's my take on when to consider ACS in patients with chest pain! #MedTwitter #CardioTwitter #MedEd #FOAMed #MedTweetor...
Update on anaphylaxis based on this fresh guideline from the the Anaphylaxis Working Group of the Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK)(#1/7). https://t.co/k8nJPt3IvV https://t.co/Iykm...
In #resus21 week, here thread including recent Cardiac Arrest @yourICM articles (most open, enjoy! - random order) 1⃣prognostication after CA: time for update?? https://t.co/rvzgB...
ED 3 AM: 🚨 ambulance rushes in, pt in his 40's unconscious, BP 50/20, HR 140. Reanimation is started and arterial gases are ordered: lactate 10! Two hours later, pt conscious, MAP...
Myxedema Coma vs severe hypothyroidism First #Medtwitter #Tweetorial #ICUconsult Do I have the correct diagnosis ? Why steroids ? Why cortisol ? Do I wake up endo at 3AM ? #endot...
Not all SEIZURES are the same! We see them all the time in the ED... but here are a few 💎💎💎 to remember when the patient isn't the classic... "I forgot to pick up my refills" sei...
🚨Code Blue🚨 = patient in cardiac arrest. You've got your ACLS algorithms ready to go. But…what if that patient is PREGNANT? 😳 I’ll leave ACLS pearls to my Medicine and EM collea...
The Italian College of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care just published the most extraordinary medical document I’ve ever seen. To help people from Germany t...
#cardiotwitter #RadialFirst 28 year old guy - smoker - played football and collapsed - brought to ER in shock - recurrent VT. This is more interesting than it looks. https://t.co/Z...
