Dialysis Patients in EMS
What do healthy kidneys actually do—and what happens when they fail? Emergency physician Erik Axene and firefighter/paramedic Matt Ball break down how to recognize and manage dialysis emergencies in the field. They connect the volume-overloaded dialysis patient to CHF, explain why one missed session can trigger a cascade of problems, and clarify why you can't lower potassium in the back of the truck—only buy time with calcium and albuterol until definitive care.
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