Cardiology

Oct 23, 20206 min read

Sketched: Pediatric Heart Defects

Note from Tyler: Courtney and I were chatting the other day about the fact that both of us had, at one point, a goal to work as...

Jul 2, 20194 min read

Why do we give 4 baby aspirin?

As Leonard sits in the back of your ambulance, you ask him to describe his chest pain. He looks at you with small droplets of cold sweat...

Jun 25, 20191 min read

Podcast 80 - Right Ventricularly Speaking w/ Brendan Riordan

Sam and I ran into Brendan Riordan (@concernecus) at Camp ECHO a few months ago in West Virginia. We had a fantastic conversation out in...

Feb 17, 20198 min read

;) Oh, and I would try vagal maneuvers ;)

There has been a plethora of articles on management of SVT. ALiEM and REBELEM are two that stick out in recent years to me (references...

Dec 18, 20181 min read

Podcast 68 - LBBB & Ischemia (Part 2) w/ Bryan Winchell

LBBB & Ischemia In Part 1 we looked at the electric conduction abnormalities of a right and left bundle branch block. Bryan Winchell then...

Dec 3, 20181 min read

Podcast 66 - LBBB & Ischemia (Part 1) w/ Bryan Winchell

A few days ago I posted a video by Wren Keller and Ryan Wyatt discussing the original Sgarbossa Criteria. Got a few messages asking why...

Aug 14, 20183 min read

Podcast 54 - Approaching The Shocky Patient In Afib RVR w/ Josh Farkas

Occasionally we find ourself asking.. Is the hypotension being caused by the rate? Is the rate compensating for the hypotension? I...

Jan 20, 20186 min read

Transferring the Transcutaneous Paced Patient

Case scenario: Your 60 yoM patient has symptomatic bradycardia (ie is acutely altered, has significant CP, acute HF, dizzy/diaphoretic,...