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Weekly Workout February 26, 2024
2024 EM Boards ECG Review Part II

A 55-year-old man with a known left bundle branch block presents to ABEM general hospital with acute chest pain. Vital signs are normal and his pain is slightly improved with…

Weekly Workout February 5, 2024
2024 EMS Cases Part III

A 75-year-old man with PMHx of hypertension on metoprolol is being brought in for 3 days of nausea, vomiting, and weakness. He reportedly appears dehydrated and is found to be…

Weekly Workout January 1, 2024
New Year’s Resolution: a patient who is trying to get healthier presents to the ED with this unstable bradycardia

A 50-year-old man decides to get “his life in order” for the new year. He quits smoking, decides to eat healthier, exercise more, and to be more compliant with his…

Weekly Workout September 11, 2023
5 more challenging cases from UMEM to test your ECG diagnostic skills

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Weekly Workout June 19, 2023
STAT ECG Diagnoses: right ventricular hypertrophy criteria, electrical alternans vs. respiratory variation, and much more

An ill appearing patient arrives to the emergency department in extremis and history is limited. The following ECG is obtained:

Weekly Workout March 6, 2023
UMEM cases that will teach you how to differentiate narrow complex regular and irregular tachycardias, electrocardiographic polyuria (too many P waves) and so much more!

A 92-year-old man is brought to the emergency department by EMS with palpitations. The following ECG is obtained on arrival:

Weekly Workout February 13, 2023
ECG cases to help you save lives and also crush your board exams

A 45-year-old woman is being observed in the emergency department after treatment with thrombolytics for MI. She is noted to be tachycardic one hour after treatment with a change in…

Weekly Workout November 13, 2022
Potpourri of cases: differential diagnoses for long QTc intervals, diagnosing occlusion MI in LBBB and paced rhythms, and so much more!

A 48-year-old woman is brought into the emergency department with fever and altered mental status. The following ECG is obtained on arrival:

Weekly Workout October 16, 2022
Differential Diagnoses: what you gotta know about regular wide complex tachycardias

A 72-year-old woman is brought into the emergency department by family for confusion. She has a history of abdominal hernia repair with subsequent complications, including an exploratory laparotomy for an…

Weekly Workout June 5, 2022
Potpourri of cases: using Sgarbossa criteria to diagnose acute occlusion myocardial infarction in LBBB and RV pacers, bizzare bradycardias, and so much more!

A 70-year-old male with PMHx of HTN, HFrEF, and atrial fibrillation presents to the ED with nausea and lightheadedness. He is noted to be bradycardic on arrival. The following ECG…

Weekly Workout February 6, 2022
STAT ECG Diagnoses: ventricular fibrillation after synchronized cardioversion for a regular wide complex tachycardia

A 50-year-old male is brought into the ED with palpitations and is found to have a regular wide complex tachycardia. He is treated with synchronized electrical cardioversion and immediately goes…

Weekly Workout July 26, 2021
5 more challenging EMS cases to help you test your emergency ECG interpretation skills

A 74-year-old man is brought into the ED by EMS with nausea, vomiting, and malaise. The following prehospital ECG was obtained:

Weekly Workout July 5, 2021
STAT ECG Diagnoses: knowing what you are looking for when differentiating the different types of regular wide complex tachycardias

A 79-year-old male is brought into the ED by EMS with palpitations and lightheadedness while doing light yardwork. He is found to have a wide complex tachycardia at 155 bpm,…

Weekly Workout January 11, 2021
Potpourri of cases: critical electrolyte abnormalities, clumped or grouped beats, and so much more!

 A 73-year-old man presented to the ED with chest pain and is noted to be hypotensive (95/45). The following ECG was obtained:

Weekly Workout January 4, 2021
Potpourri of cases: BRASH syndrome, the ECG findings in patients of digoxin, and so much more

A 54-year-old man presented to the ED with chest pain. The following ECG was obtained:

Weekly Workout December 28, 2020
STAT ECG Diagnoses: STEMI mimics and how you can use the QRS axis to clinch the diagnosis in patients with altered mental status

A 46-year-old man presented with pleuritic left sided chest pain. He was found down for an unknown period of time, with suspicion for drug overdose. The following ECG was obtained:

Weekly Workout December 21, 2020
Bifascicular blocks, BRASH syndrome, and so much more!

This week we will continue discussing 6 more interesting prehospital EMS ECGs. Let’s start with this 78-year-old woman with PMHx of HTN who called an ambulance for generalized weakness associated…

Weekly Workout December 14, 2020
How to distingusish between left anterior vs. posterior fascicular blocks (LAFB vs. LPFB), hyperkalemia emergencies, and much more!

This week we will quickly review 6 interesting prehospital EMS ECGs. Let’s start with this 46-year-old man who called an ambulance for chest pain and was noted to be diaphoretic….

Weekly Workout November 23, 2020
Bradyarrhythmias: what to consider when an unstable bradycardia is not reponding to standard ACLS treatments

A 60-year-old woman presents to the ED with dyspnea on exertion and malaise. She is hypotensive and bradycardic. The following ECG is obtained:

Weekly Workout October 26, 2020
STAT ECG Diagnoses: bizzare rhythm interpretation tips

An elderly patient is hospitalized with severe sepsis and multi-organ system failure. The following rhythm is noted on cardiac monitoring:

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