FOAMcastini - ACEP Monday

Published: Oct. 27, 2014, 10:59 p.m.

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FOAMcast is bringing you pearls from conferences we attend and, first up, the American College of Emergency Physicians annual meeting, ACEP14. \\xa0

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Today\'s Pearls:

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Emergency Physicians are like economists (We\'re more probalisticians than diagnosticians).

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Cardiology pearls from Dr. Slovis - TTM to 36 Celsius post-arrest should be standard. Many people probably could benefit from caths after arrest, we\'re not sure exactly who at this point.

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Patients returning from West Africa with fever probably have a regular virus, maybe malaria, but probably not ebola.

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There\'s really not much use for glucagon in calcium channel blocker toxicity. Think supportive care, insulin-dextrose.

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ETCO2 - it doesn\'t equal PaCO2 and it depends on cardiac output and alveolar ventilation \\xa0

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For updates, follow #ACEP14

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Thanks for listening, y\'all!

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Jeremy Faust and Lauren Westafer

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