A 2 month old previously healthy male infant is brought to the emergency department after his parents notice a circumferential wound around the fifth toe with some distal swelling and hyperemia. The mother states she saw a hair wrapped around the digit.
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A quick review infographic created by our medical students (now doctors)!
Written by Dr. Sanché Mabins, Cook County Health, PGY-1
Twitter: @MabinsSanche
Edited by Dr. Sean Dyer, Cook County Health, Associate Program Director, M4 Clerkship Director
Twitter: @spyderem
The Weekly Cheese: Wide Complex Tachycardia
The Weekly Cheese, a short informative literature review for the EM Doc
Case: A 57 yo patient with PMHx of CAD and HTN presents with a regular wide-complex tachycardia, HR 150 but otherwise vitals signs stable. You vaguely remember that there are various algorithms to distinguish VTach from SVT + aberrancy, and wonder if you can potentially give them adenosine and save them an admission.
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