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Case: 48 y/o Male presents to the ED with an acute left leg injury. He was working on a car at home when the car lift failed, dropped the car onto him and pinned his left leg. After several hours, he was found, the car was lifted, and he was freed.
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Case: 48 y/o Male presents to the ED with an acute left leg injury. He was working on a car at home when the car lift failed, dropped the car onto him and pinned his left leg. After several hours, he was found, the car was lifted, and he was freed.
induced arrhythmias. Treatment may then include continuous albuterol (fast acting to shift K+ intracellularly), insulin (shifts K+ intracellularly), diuretics or emergent dialysis, with serum K+ monitoring. These are potentially life-saving interventions for marked hyperkalemia.