Medical
Sugar Attack: What is Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus?
As I inhaled a shareable Kit Kat bag of candy today, I thought I should make a post on some diabetes as I may develop
June 5, 2021
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Medical
Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF)
Apologies for the delay in uploads. I performed an unintentional experiment on my laptop and it did not go well. 16oz of water+laptop=laptop doesn’t work.
April 4, 2021
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Uncategorized
Ketamine Use for Benzodiazepine Resistant Status Epilepticus
At some point in your career, you’ll experience a patient in status epilepticus. At times, despite following your protocols, you may notice that they refuse
March 18, 2021
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Hypocalcemia in Trauma Patients
Have you ever wondered what is happening pathologically to your hypovolemic trauma patient? You know they’re losing a lot of blood but what else could
March 6, 2021
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ECG
Shark Fin STEMI
When we see STEMI, we are hopefully familiar with the obvious ST elevation that even an Uber driver could see. Then we have our more
February 15, 2021
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Medical
Pain Management in Patients: When to use Fentanyl, Morphine, or Ketamine
We have all had patients who are in pain and as a provider we need to treat them as appropriately as possible. We have many
February 7, 2021
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Medical
Implementing Beta Blockers and Hemodynamic Dosing Epinephrine for Cardiac Arrest
Epinephrine administration during a cardiac arrest has been a hot topic for quite some time. As I was creating the first cardiac arrest post (linked
January 25, 2021
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ECG
STEMI Equivalents: LBBB (Smith-Sgarbossa Criteria)
After I finished school, I was told that you couldn’t diagnose a STEMI on a 12 lead if the patient had a left bundle branch
December 31, 2020
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Medical
Cushing’s Triad Pathology and Treatment
So when you first start studying medicine, you try as hard as you can to basically remember the waterfall of information thrown at you without
December 20, 2020
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