EM Cases · Acute limb ischaemia
Embolic acute limb ischaemia — resus station
ACEM Fellowship resus OSCE on 6 Ps, heparin-first, IIb theatre pathway, and Fogarty embolectomy timing.
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Prompt
AF patient with sudden cold pulseless leg and toe weakness (Rutherford IIb).
Station brief
Format. Clinical-management (resus) station, 11 minutes.
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- [1]Björck M, Earnshaw JJ, Acosta S, et al. Editor's Choice - European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2020 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Acute Limb Ischaemia. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg, 2020.PMID 31899099