Medical Monitoring
The Medical Monitoring topic contains news and information about medical monitoring, outlines the current trends and what the future may hold for EMS providers.
Hypothermic patients, multi-systems trauma and slippery scenes present difficult decision-making challenges for rescuers
Communicating with law enforcement and following these clinical guidelines will help to keep patient safety first and foremost
In the right patient, with a solid understanding of the pharmacology and a plan to address potential side effects, ketamine can be an incredibly useful tool for EMS
Patient with history of CABG has tachyarrhythmia and elevated troponin and wants to leave the hospital against medical advice
What鈥檚 your assessment and care for a patient who has tachyarrhythmia, an abnormal EKG and elevated troponin?
Understand the four phases of the Valsalva effect and how those phases effect a stable supraventricular tachycardia
Use the AEIOU TIPS mnemonic, along with 12-lead EKG interpretation, to identify possible causes of reduced level of consciousness
What鈥檚 your assessment and care for a patient who had a headache the night before and now has a GCS of 9?
Patient with a 3rd degree AV block needs rapid assessment and treatment to prevent deterioration in her clinical status
What鈥檚 your assessment and care for a patient who has a heart rate in 30s and needs a ride to her cardiologist鈥檚 office?
A combination of history findings, scene clues and EKG interpretation skills help paramedics quickly identify a TCA overdose
The signs and symptoms are due to an activated sympathetic nervous system
What鈥檚 your assessment and care for a suicidal patient who has ingested a mix of alcohol and medications?
This case illustrates the EKG changes from hyperkalemia secondary to missing dialysis
What鈥檚 your assessment and care for a patient with history of renal insufficiency and who is not feeling well?
This case explains the expected 12-lead EKG findings after successful STEMI treatment and reperfusion
What鈥檚 your assessment and care for a patient who had evidence of a STEMI, but is now pain free?
A differential diagnosis for a patient with two weeks of chest pain casts a wide net for all possible causes
What鈥檚 your assessment and care for a patient who has had two weeks of persistent chest pain?
Atrial fibrillation in WPW can lead to ventricular fibrillation so don鈥檛 delay treatment with cardioversion or medications
What鈥檚 your assessment and care for patient who has no palpable pulse, hypotension and reduced level of consciousness?
Wellens鈥� syndrome consists of two types of T wave changes in the anterior leads that are associated with critical LAD stenosis
What鈥檚 your assessment and care for two patients who had chest pain, but are now symptom free?
A right-sided 12-lead EKG can identify signs of a right ventricular infarct to guide patient care decisions
What鈥檚 your assessment and care for patient who has severe chest pain radiating to his left arm?
Combination of risperidone, haloperidol and levofloxacin may have put a patient with psychiatric illness and seizures at high risk for prolonged QT
What鈥檚 your assessment and care for a psychiatric patient who was sedated with haloperidol after a seizure?
Serial 12-lead EKGs are used to recognize the difference between STEMI and NSTEMI in a patient with chest discomfort
What鈥檚 your assessment and care for a patient who woke up with mid retro-sternal chest discomfort?
SVT is a general term for all narrow complex tachycardias, but it is important to perform a 12-lead ECG to determine the exact underlying rhythm
What鈥檚 your assessment and care of a 36-year-old male who has experienced about 30 minutes of palpitations?
12-lead EKG changes and patient assessment findings are used to diagnose a patient with recent cardiac cath procedure
What鈥檚 your assessment and care of an elderly male who is weak, has chest pain and not a reliable historian?
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