CPR or Defibrillation first? 🤔⚡
If VFib, use an AED ASAP! ⚡ Shock first if available.
No AED or waiting for it? Start CPR! 🔄💓 Keep blood flowing until it's ready.
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Question of the Day 🚨
A boxer develops narrow-complex tachycardia after left upper ab trauma, then arrests. Aside from CPR, what treatment should be given?
Reply A–D.
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🩺 PALS Megacode 1 Q8: ACA Answer Key
📷 Correct Answer: D. 5 mm
👉 Easy equation to quickly calculate the estimate size of a cuffed ETT: (age/4)+4.
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You decide to intubate the child using a cuffed tube. The correct size of ET Tube for this 4-year old child would be:
a. 3 mm
b. 3.5 mm
c. 4 mm
d. 5 mm
Reply with your answer!
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The first FDA-approved CRISPR gene therapy offers a potential cure, activating healthy red cells instead of lifelong crises.
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🩺 PALS Megacode 1 Q5: ACA Answer Key
📷 Correct Answer: D. Ultrasound
👉In the hands of a skilled sonographer, bedside ultrasound can aid in the identification of cardiac tamponade and pulmonary embolism.
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You note that the child has inspiratory stridor, use of accessory muscles, and nasal flaring, particularly on inspiration. You also notice that the child has a harsh barking cough.
You suspect:
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🦠 HIV & AIDS: What you need to know!
✅ How HIV weakens the immune system
✅ How it progresses to AIDS
✅ How it spreads—and how it doesn't
✅ Why testing matters
✅ Why healthcare workers must stay protected
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🫀 Right-Sided Heart Failure: What’s really going on?
Top cause? Left-sided heart failure!
Signs to watch for:
✅ JVD
✅ Leg edema
✅ Ascites
It’s like a traffic jam in your venous system. Know it, spot it, treat it.
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