Ep 204 High Risk Pulmonary Embolism Management

Emergency Medicine Cases

Dr. Anton Helman

Education, Health & Fitness, Courses, Medicine, Science

4.7 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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There are many nuances in the management of patients with pulmonary embolism in cardiac arrest, peri-arrest or simply in shock: We need to optimize oxygenation and airway management, hemodynamic support, acid/base management, thrombolysis and/or catheter-directed therapies that Anton dives into with guest experts Dr. Lauren Westafer, Dr. Bourke Tillmann and Dr. Justin Morgenstern... EM Cases is proudly FOAMEd - Please consider a donation: https://emergencymedicinecases.com/donation/

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0:00.0	It's just so freaking awesome to have Dr. Tillman, Dr. Westifer, and Dr. Morganstern back on the podcast for round two of management of pulmonary embolism.
0:10.3	Between the three of them, I think our collective brains might actually explode.
0:15.4	So I warn you, if you're anywhere away from a hospital, you might want to get closer to a hospital because your brain might explode by the end of this podcast.
0:25.3	Welcome to the Emergency Medicine Cases podcast.
0:27.7	I'm your host, Dr. Anton Helman, bringing you the brightest minds in emergency medicine from around the world.
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2:06.2	In part one of our two-part podcast series on management of higher-risk PE patients,
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