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I don't like how they worded addressed before, but in all reality it's only a 30-45 time gap between getting Thiamine and then getting D50 on board.

Agree with Adam.

I would say review how to do drug calculations. There is a ton of resources on the web, and also cardiology. Learn the basics, a good website for that is http://www.emedu.org/ecg/index.htm.

Sounds like he was either shook up and had a pseudo-seizure. Something that presents just like a seizure with the same tonic clonic movements, but to a lesser degree. Or, maybe he had a focal seizure. But I have never heard of someone having a seizure while standing up, pretty sure they would...

Not a dumb question, it's actually very intuitive. The whole reason AHA came up with these guidelines to do more compressions, and are actually looking at continuous compressions without breaths, is because the gas exchange is only occurring with the circulation of blood throughout the capillary...

Medics class for me was the best time ever. I never looked at it as tough, but more of an experience the whole way through. The camaraderie was really good in my class, especially when we neared the end with over 60% of the class gone. As far as IVs go, I was definitely shaky at first, but once...

First of all, don't listen to any negative talk anyone tells you. If this is hard for you then you either need to get a tutor to help you out, or dedicate more time to studying if you aren't studying enough. How do you know whether you are studying enough? Well the simple answer is that your...

I had a young guy last night with a BGL of 25 and he was totally out of it, blank stare, diaphoretic, and pale. Had to give him 2 doses of D50 before we got his sugar up. Has anyone used glucagon. Have you found patients respond to differently to that?

Don't ever stop CPR before having the pads hooked up. Once you know you're ready to hit analyze then you can stop CPR, but again like someone else described above, this is only for as long as the machine tells you to. In other words, once it is done analyzing you should either shock or go back...

always IV You need an IV before you give nitro. I don't care how high the B/P is. You don't want to have that one patient that has a reaction to the nitro and bottoms out on you. Better to be prepared for the worst.

Sounds like PJCs only going off the normal QRS minus the P-waves. Anything could be possible with this type of drug interaction that affects the CNS. -----------

It depends on the patient's presentation and symptoms. Some patients that are Type I IDDM can withstand low blood sugar levels, and don't experience drastic symptoms, while others do. Anything under 70 we treat, the level of treatment can be ALS or BLS (i.e., D50 IV vs. Oral Glucose) depending...