pericardiocentesis Archives - Emergency Medicine Cases

Ep 166 Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade

Why should pericarditis be considered a diagnosis of exclusion? Which clinical features are most useful in the diagnosis of pericarditis? What are the most common pitfalls in the ECG interpretation? What are the best ways to differentiate the ECG of pericarditis from that of MI and early repolarization? How is uncomplicated viral pericarditis treated differently compared to pericarditis with other etiologies? Why is it so important to include colchicine as part of the treatment of pericarditis? Which patients with pericarditis require admission? and many more...

By Anton Helman|2022-10-21T20:06:56-04:00March 15th, 2022|Categories: Cardiology, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Medical Specialty|Tags: cardiac tamponade, colchicine, ECG interpretation, pericardiocentesis, POCUS|0 Comments

POCUS Cases 6 Pericardial Effusion POCUS

In this POCUS Cases Dr. Simard reviews the literature on accuracy of POCUS for pericardial effusion diagnosis, compares and contrasts the two cardiac views for determining a pericardial effusion, explains how to distinguish between pericardial fluid vs epicardial fat and pericardial fluid vs pleural effusion, explains the findings of cardiac tamponade and electrical alternans, and reviews the false positives of pericardial effusion on POCUS...

By Anton Helman|2022-01-10T20:53:57-05:00October 23rd, 2018|Categories: EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Medical Specialty, POCUS Cases, Ultrasound|Tags: 7 sign, bedside ultrasound, cardiac tamponade, Dr. Rob Simard, pericardiocentesis|0 Comments

Best Case Ever 31: Emergency Pericardiocentesis

On this EM Cases Best Case Ever, Andrew Sloas, the brains behinds the fabulous PEM-ED podcast tells the tale of a pericardiocentesis gone bad and what he learned from it. Emergency pericardicentesis can be life saving, but it also carries risks. Dr. Sloas reviews the steps to take to ensure that the pericardiocentesis needle is the the correct place to minimize the risk of intubating the right ventricle of the heart. A discussion of errors of omission and ones of commission follows.... [wpfilebase tag=file id=540 tpl=emc-play /] [wpfilebase tag=file id=541 tpl=emc-mp3 /]

By Anton Helman|2019-11-11T20:34:15-05:00January 13th, 2015|Categories: Best Case Ever, Cardiology, EM Cases, Resuscitation, Ultrasound|Tags: Andrew Sloas, pericardial tamponade, pericardiocentesis, POCUS|1 Comment

Episode 30: Central Lines, Surgical Airways and Pericardiocentesis

In this episode dedicated to emergency procedures pearls and pitfalls, tips and tricks, Dr. Jordan Chenkin & Dr. Jamie Blicker take us step by step through how best to perform surgical airways and pericardiocentesis, as well as place central lines and intraosseous lines. They explain the various methods for surgical airways including the bougie-assisted surgical airway. They review the indications, contraindications, and complications for all of these life saving procedures, and give us some amazing tips and tricks on what to do when things aren't going as expected.

By Anton Helman|2021-03-31T13:03:23-04:00February 11th, 2013|Categories: Cardiology, EM Cases, Emergency Medicine, Episodes, Resuscitation|Tags: bougie, central line, Cricothyrotomy, intraosseus line, Jamie Blicker, Jordan Chenkin, pericardiocentesis, surgical airway|0 Comments