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Cardiology

April 22, 2015 by Candice Ryan-Supples

Con Ed Topic: Emergency Cardiology

Con Ed Date: April 22, 2015

Overview

  • Cardiac anatomy and physiology
  • Acute coronary syndromes
  • Cardiac arrest
  • Electrical therapies
  • Cardiac pharmacology
  • Cardiac emergencies case studies

Bonus: ST segment elevating game of high stakes cardiology jeopardy!

Franklin County EMS Protocols Reviewed

#11 Asystole/PEA

#12 Bradycardia, Pulse Present

#13 Adult Cardiac Arrest

#14 Chest Pain/STEMI

#15 CHF Pulmonary Edema

#16 Adult Tachycardia Narrow Complex

#17 Adult Tachycardia Wide Complex

#29 Hypertension

Since cardiac symptoms can be GI in nature,  we decided to see how many other differential diagnoses we could come up with for abdominal pain.

Presentation Resources

Medical Animation on Acute Coronary Syndrome (YouTube)

Medical Animation Cardiac Anatomy  (YouTube) Simple Review of Cardiac Anatomy

Helpful Resources

Learn more about myocardial infarction on Khan Academy’s YouTube channel. Check out their Myocardial Infarction playlist.

Khan Academy MI Playlist

Boundtree University Free Online CE Look for their two classes called Heart Failure and STEMI Care

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