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Emergency Medicine Mnemonics

The best emergency medicine / accident and emergency mnemonics for medical student finals, OSCEs and MRCP

 

  • Reversible causes of cardiac arrest (6H’s and 4T’s)

    • Hypovolaemia
    • Hypoxia
    • H+ (acidosis)
    • Hypothermia
    • Hypoglycaemia
    • Hypokalaemia
    • Hyperkalaemia
    • Tension pneumothorax
    • cardiac Tamponade
    • Thrombosis (PE/MI)
    • Toxins

 

  •  DKA precipitants (5 I’s)

    •  Infection
    • Ischaemia (cardiac, mesenteric)
    • Infarction
    • Ignorance (poor control)
    • Intoxication (alcohol)