A 20 yo male with PMH of anxiety presents with one week of chest discomfort. Symptoms began just after working out and have persisted since. At one point during his exercise, he noticed his apple watch show a HR of 260, associated with a few seconds of palpitations that resolved on their own. He attributes his symptoms largely due to anxiety as he has a history of this but just wanted to make sure it was nothing else. Denies dyspnea, lightheadedness, or syncope. He denies a family hx of sudden cardiac death or cardiac problems in general and does not take any medications or use any illicit drugs. He remembers similar symptoms happening twice before over the past year. He saw his primary care doctor for this who ordered an outpatient echo, scheduled for later this year.
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63 yo male with PMH of hypertension and mild case of COVID pneumonia four months prior, presents with one week of dyspnea on exertion and dry cough. He states that he experiences significant dyspnea with simple activities such as putting on his clothes or walking from his bedroom to the bathroom. He denies any chest pain, fevers, or chills.
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This week we’re covering pulse checks in CPR, a topic covered in prior conference and Journal Clubs but important to emphasize. Detecting a patient’s pulse is critical when assessing for ROSC, but it is fraught with inaccuracy
Week 10: Zengin S et al. Comparison of Manual Pulse Palpation, Cardiac Ultrasonography and Doppler Ultrasonography to Check the Pulse in Cardiopulmonary Arrest Patients. Resus 2018. PMID: 30253230
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