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    Appendectomy for Paramedics

    the comments on this thread are hilarious.:D
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    Therepeutic Hypothermia post Cardiac Arrest

    There is a device called the "arctic sun" http://www.medivance.com/ it uses an external cooling apparatus to cool the body temperature to specific temperatures, it even has a dial that you can use to program cooling/ active rewarming. Amazing stuff. Saved many many lives. God Bless.
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    Subarachnoid bleed and hyperventilation

    you did well, under 8 (over 24) herniate, hyperventilate. In cases with increased ICP there runs a risk of a hernia, how do you lower that risk? Hyperventilate. O2 causes blood vessel constriction, means less blow flows of the vessel wall and into the sub arachnoid space, more blood that piles...
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    Bigeminy or paced rhythm?

    could be accelerated IVR after reperfusion with residual ischemic producing PVCs. :unsure:
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    V-Tach With a Pulse

    run away pace maker seems most plausible, also some pacemakers combos have a feature called "Anti-tachycardia pacing" or overdrive pacing, this allows the device to treat the v-tach without cardioverting. But that would require his heart rate be significantly elevated to overcome the ventricle...
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    Precedex

    what do you mean by this? poor guy. RIP. May God Bless his soul.
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    Precedex

    hey dude, that drug is super expensive, its like propofol minus the respiratory depression (for the most part). if you see a propofol transport long distances, and its a volume resuscitated patient or a cardiac patient DEMAND reevaluation of the propofol (it is a potent respiratory - via direct...
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