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Medicine

Management of hyperkalemia in the emergency department

Quick fact

In severe hyperkalemia, giving intravenous calcium can reverse life-threatening ECG changes within minutes, but it does not lower potassium levels—it only protects the heart temporarily.

Why this is interesting

A patient with kidney failure arrives with a dangerously high potassium level—one that could stop their heart at any moment. How do emergency doctors buy time and save the day?