Guilty Until Proven Innocent! Hypoxic Agitation
“We’ve got a 62-year-old female who called 911 for herself tonight for shortness of air, but she’s got a history of anxiety, I’m pretty sure it’s just a panic attack. She’s flailing around and keeps pulling off the non-rebreather I put on her. Vitals are stable, we’ll be there in five.” Upon arrival to […]
Calcium Chloride
Talking about calcium really gives legitimacy to the “He needs some milk” video and memes to follow. Calcium is an essential component to our treatment plan of calcium channel blocker overdose, beta-blocker overdose, hyperkalemia, hypocalcemia, and hypermagnesemia. Fun fact! 1G of calcium chloride is approximately equivalent in calcium content to 1 cup of 2% milk. […]