FRCEM
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Does Short-Term Oral Steroid Use Carry Serious Risk?
Clinical Context Corticosteroids are potent anti-inflammatory drugs that are highly effective for symptomatic relief of rheumatologic and...
ECG Challenge: Cardiac Arrest In A 41-Year-Old Woman
This series of two ECGs was obtained from a 41-year-old woman who was brought to the Emergency Department and subsequently suffered...
ECG Basics: Accelerated Junctional Rhythm Overriding Normal Sinus Rhythm
This strip shows a junctional rhythm at a rate of 110 beats per minute. The QRS complexes are slightly wide at .10 seconds (100 ms), and...
Instructor Collection ECG: Simultaneous Occlusions in LAD and Diagonal
This ECG was obtained from a 35-year-old man who was complaining of crushing substernal chest pain which radiated down his left arm for...
Pregnancy Trauma
Background The pregnant trauma patient presents a unique challenge because care must be provided for two patients—the mother and the...
The FRCEM Intermediate Question Style:
An example of a question about cardiology. We'll try to share different sample questions to prepare for the exam. The questions in the...
Pneumoperitoneum
From medscape Pneumoperitoneum (air within the peritoneal cavity) most commonly results from perforation of abdominal viscus. On upright...
ACS
Approach Considerations Initial therapy for ACS should focus on stabilizing the patient's condition, relieving ischemic pain, and...
ECG with a pacemaker.
This ECG is taken from an elderly man who has a history of complete heart block and AV sequential pacemaker. On the day of this ECG, he...
