This is why we do bedside 12 leads before rendering treatment.

Called to house of 66 year old male patient with no significant medical history other then high blood pressure. He was outside cutting his grass. The outside temperature was 98 with heat index of 104 degrees. He experienced left side chest pain that radiated down his left arm. Pain is 10/10. He denies shortness of [...]

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Marfan Syndrome Spotlighted in “The Daily”.

News Corp's iPad centric publication "The Daily" has a great feature today on Marfan Syndrome and new drugs that offer promise in treating the disorder. Marfan is a genetic disorder that presents with many distinct features. Height, elongated limbs, and eye troubles are among them. However the most dangerois is the fact Marfan can stretch [...]

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Minimize Pause between CPR & Defibrillation To Maximize Survival.

Paramedics are urged not to pause between CPR & defibrillation as doing so can prove fatal. A Canadian study shows for every 5 second pause between pumping a patient’s heart manually & shocking it back into action, their chances of surviving a cardiac arrest drop by almost 18%. The research indicates that reducing the brief [...]

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Women Sitting For Over 6 Hrs Daily Have 40% Increased Risk Of Early Death.

According to a new study, sitting for over 6 hours every day may shorten life & can’t be reversed by exercise. Women who sit for over 6 hours daily are 40% more likely to die than women who sit less than 3 hours a day. The American Cancer Society researchers say the figure is about [...]

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My Stomach hurts! (via 12LEADEKG)

EMS arrived on scene to find a 65-year-old female sitting in a chair inside an office. She stated she was walking around when she began to have upper abdominal pain. She stated it is a sharp ache but does not radiate. Pain is non-reproducible on palpation and abdomen is soft and tender. She appeared pale [...]

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54 year old male chest pain (via 12LEADEKG)

54 year old male patient sitting at home when he began having a sharp substernal chest pain radiating to his jaw. He is fully alert and slightly anxious also c/o shortness of breath and nausea. Skin is pale diaphoretic, lungs sounds are clear and equal. Pain is 8/10 and nothing seems to make his pain [...]

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