Procedure: Pericardiocentesis
Emergency Procedure: Pericardiocentesis. one of the most difficult and risky emergency procedures, but one you already have the ultrasound and line skills to perform well.
Category Cardiology
Nebulised GTN in the ED
Nebulised GTN in the ED. Case study and review of dose, administration and indication for GTN nebuliser administration
AI Tools for Learning
AI Tools for Learning - a review of a selection of tools - which ones work and which ones don’t, plus, the future of AI-assisted learning
How to Make a Medical Podcast Using AI (Part 2)
The original hope was that using AI might allow us to create a single podcast episode in one afternoon. But things didn’t go quite the way we planned.
Making a Medical Podcast Using AI
AI can work for Spotify's music DJ, so we wondered if it can also work for a cardiology podcast intended for clinicians. Here are the pros and cons we discovered.
Ultrasound Case 111
A 45 year old woman with chronic alcoholic liver disease presents to the ED with exertional dyspnoea and is noted to have a SpO2 of 90% at rest despite having a normal chest examination and CXR.
Lauder Brunton
Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton (1844-1916) was a Scottish physician
CT Case 006
Cath lab activation for a 65yo male with sudden onset central crushing chest pain and some lower back pain with a STEMI pattern on ECG.
CXR Essentials: The Failing Heart
Julian Dobranowsk Medmastery help identify the features of cardiac failure on the chest X-ray. Evaluation of the three stages of failure
Pacemaker Essentials: Troubleshooting with vectors
Pacemakers and the ECG: Learn to recognize failure to capture on an ECG or rhythm strip. Medmastery pacemeker essentials
Pacemaker Essentials: Oversensing
Pacemaker essentials: Learn to recognize oversensing, its causes and how it is resolved (through decreasing sensitivity or the use of alternate algorithms).
Pacemaker Essentials: Undersensing
Pacemaker essentials: How to recognize failure to sense, its causes and how it is resolved (increasing sensitivity or lead re-site).