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…
A 53-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with shortness of breath. The following ECG is obtained:
An 89-year-old woman is brought into the emergency department with generalized weakness and dizziness. She is noted to be bradycardic at triage. The following ECG is obtained with no prior…
A 39-year-old male with no significant PMHx presents to the ED after a seizure. He is post-ictal on arrival. Vital signs are normal, and the following ECG is obtained:
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:
A 54-year-old male presented to the emergency department with inability to walk for 3 days s/p appendectomy. He reports feeling ill and generally weak. He denies abdominal pain, fever, nausea,…
This week we review the answers to the first 6 questions from the 7th annual UMEM Residency ECG Competition. Make sure to attempt to answer the questions before clicking the red…
A known local alcoholic presents to the emergency department with weakness. The patient has been laying on a mattress in a field for most of the past week. He says…
A 25-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with lightheadedness and palpitations for 1 week. Her symptoms worsened today with a near-syncopal episode. She is thin/frail and dehydrated in appearance….
A 56-year-old woman presents to a busy ED dehydrated with acute gastroenteritis. She is placed in a hallway bed and treated with IV fluids and ondansetron. On reassessment the patient…
An 85-year-old woman with PMHx of atrial fibrillation is referred to the ED by her primary care physician who is concerned for cardiac ischemia. The patient has been having epigastric…
A 55-year-old man with PMHx of end stage renal disease on dialysis presents to the ED for fatigue and pain all over. He denies ischemic chest pain. The following ECG…
A 42-year-old woman presents to the ED with a seizure. She has been noncompliant with medications. She is now awake and well, though she appears malnourished. The following ECG was…
A 74-year-old male presents to the ED with 1 day of epigastric pain, vomiting, and profuse watery diarrhea. The following ECG is obtained:
A young man presents to the ED with generalized weakness. The following ECG is obtained:
This week we review the answers to the first 6 cases from the 4th annual UMEM Residency ECG Competition. Make sure to attempt to answer the questions before you watch the video! Video…
This week we review the answers to the first 6 cases from the UMEM Residency ECG Competition. Make sure to attempt to answer the questions before clicking the red boxes…