Episode 45 - Hypertensive Emergencies - To Treat Or Not To Treat

Published: March 4, 2019, 9 p.m.

b'Managing markedly elevated blood pressures has to be one of the most common EMS clinical dilemmas. Dr. Dickson joins Dr. Patrick to help dispel some long-standing and persistent hypertension management myths. The concept of \\u201cend organ damage\\u201d is also introduced as a framework to properly identify those patients with elevated blood pressures who DO warrant emergent treatment in the prehospital setting.'