Educational posts, organized by topic
[tab_nav type=”two-up”][tab_nav_item title=”Clinical Case” active=”true”][tab_nav_item title=”Answer” active=””][/tab_nav][tabs][tab active=”true”]A 65 year old male with a history of CAD, HTN, & HL initially presented to the ED with an NSTEMI was found […]
Traditionally, the approach to pulseless electrical activity (PEA) has been to focus on reversible causes of arrest — the “Hs and Ts”. This makes sense in theory, but, in practice,
[tab_nav type=”two-up”][tab_nav_item title=”Clinical Case” active=”true”][tab_nav_item title=”Answer” active=””][/tab_nav][tabs][tab active=”true”] A 24 y/o male with a history of bipolar disorder and depression is admitted to your ICU from the Emergency Department after
[tab_nav type=”two-up”][tab_nav_item title=”Clinical Case” active=”true”][tab_nav_item title=”Answer” active=””][/tab_nav][tabs][tab active=”true”] As discussed earlier during ECMOvember on MarylandCCProject, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation will provide necessary oxygenation and perfusion in critically ill patients with diseases
[tab_nav type=”6-up”][tab_nav_item title=”Clinical Case” active=”true”][tab_nav_item title=”Case 1 Answer” active=””][tab_nav_item title=”Case 2″ active=””][tab_nav_item title=”Case 2 Answer” active=””][tab_nav_item title=”Case 3″ active=””][tab_nav_item title=”Case 3 Answer” active=””][/tab_nav][tabs][tab active=”true”]As we continue through our trek into
Welcome back to ECMOvember at MarylandCCProject.org. This is a presentation that was given at the 2013 American Academy of Emergency Medicine’s Scientific Assembly on the utility of extracorporeal life support
Welcome to the first posting of ECMOvember!! Our hope is that over the next several weeks we can take you through a journey to not only introduce the process of
[tab_nav type=”two-up”][tab_nav_item title=”Clinical Case” active=”true”][tab_nav_item title=”Answer” active=””][/tab_nav][tabs][tab active=”true”] A 60 year old female is just admitted to your ICU and is post-op from a C5 posterior cervical decompression & corpectomy
[tab_nav type=”two-up”][tab_nav_item title=”Clinical Case” active=”true”][tab_nav_item title=”Answer” active=””][/tab_nav][tabs][tab active=”true”] You are awoken at 0300 by the ICU intern stating that the new admission is in room 11. En route she tells
