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AV Block Bootcamp (Episode 2/3): what is the atrium doing, what is the ventricle doing, and what is their relationship?

A 72-year-old female presents to the ED with dyspnea. The following ECG is obtained:

AV Block Bootcamp (Episode 1/3): differential diagnoses for non-conducted P waves, what you need to know to clinch the diagnosis!

A 78-year-old female presents to the ED with lightheadedness and bradycardia. The following ECG is obtained:

STAT ECG Diagnoses: what to consider when dealing with grouped or clumped beats causing irregular rhythms

A 95-year-old female presents to the ED with vomiting and abdominal discomfort. The following ECG is obtained:

STAT ECG Diagnoses: why you should never trust the computer ECG interpretation, even when it reads “normal ECG”!

A 71-year-old male is being transported to the ED for acute chest pain. The following prehospital EMS ECG is transmitted:

STAT ECG Diagnoses: ECG findings of cardiac syncope, what you need to look for what you can’t miss!

A 55-year-old male with PMHx of COPD presents to the ED with dyspnea and chest pain. He is asymptomatic on arrival but reports two recent episodes of syncope without prodrome….

Great EMS cases that highlight hyperkalemia emergencies, rate related ST segment abnormalities, and so much more!

HPI: A 69-year-old woman presents to the ED with palpitations and lightheadedness. She is noted to be tachycardic. The following ECG is obtained: Case ECG

Great EMS cases that highlight hypothermia emergencies, the ECG findings in acute pulmonary embolism, and so much more!

A 39-year-old woman is being taken to the ED by EMS for palpitations and lightheadedness. She is noted to be tachycardic. The following ECG is obtained:

STAT ECG Diagnoses: are you activating the cath lab for a large STEMI or is this just early repolarization

A 50-year-old man presents with intermittent increasing epigastric discomfort. The following ECG is obtained:

ECG Basics & Fundamentals: how reliable are reciprocal changes in the diagnosis of STEMI and identication of acute coronary occlusion MI?

A 35-year-old man is brought into the ED by ambulance for chest pain. The following prehospital ECG is obtained:

STAT ECG Diagnoses: would you activate the cath lab for this patient with a left bundle branch block (LBBB)?

A 84-year-old man presents to the ED with chest pain 6 days after PCI where he received a stent to his LAD. He is noted to have a LBBB at…

STAT ECG Diagnoses: arrhythmias after thrombolysis for myocardial infarction (MI)

An 86-year-old man presents to the ED with substernal chest pressure, diaphoresis, and vomiting. The following ECG is obtained:

Differential Diagnoses: narrow complex regular tachycardias

A 64-year-old man presents with palpitations. The following ECG is obtained:

STAT ECG Diagnoses: how to use ECG differentials to clinc the diagnosis in patients who are altered and can not provide a reliable history

A 50-year-old woman is found unconscious by a family member this morning. She was last known normal yesterday afternoon. On arrival to the ED she is minimally responsive and only…

STAT ECG Diagnoses: a patient transferred for suspected STEMI, what other etiologies could be causing this ST segment elevation?

 A 24-year-old male with past medical history of paraplegia from severe multiple sclerosis is transferred from a nursing home for suspected STEMI. Transfer documentation reports a history of pleuritic chest…

STAT ECG Diagnoses: bradycardia, renal failure, AV nodal blockade, shock, and hyperkalemia

A 54-year-old female presents to the ED with generalized weakness and malaise. She has multiple medical problems and is taking several prescribed medications including aspirin, metoprolol, and warfarin. She recently…

Literature Review: indications for acute reperfusion therapy in patients with symptoms of an acute coronary syndrome

You are taking care of a patient who presents to the ED with chest pain and symptoms concerning for ACS.

Literature Review: modified Sgarbossa criteria in the diagnosis of acute coronary occlusion MI in LBBB

An elderly patient with a history of CAD and a known LBBB presents to the ED with acute onset of chest pain. The following ECG is obtained:

Literature Review: modified Sgarbossa criteria in the diagnosis of acute coronary occlusion MI in paced rhythms

A 81-year-old male with PMHx of HTN and CAD s/p pacemaker insertion, presents to the ED complaining of chest pain radiating down both arms x 1 hour. He reports improvement…

STAT ECG Diagnoses: the great immitator strikes again in a case of wide complex tachycardia

A 48-year-old female presents to the ED 2 days after Thanksgiving with complaints of severe generalized weakness, palpitations, and chest discomfort. She is noted to be tachycardic and tachypneic at…

ECG Basics & Fundamentals: normal and expected findings in right bundle branch block (RBBB) vs patients with occlusion MI

A 61-year-old male with PMHx of atrial fibrillation on anticoagulation presents to the ED with chest pain for 1 day after eating beef stew. He is concerned about having bad…

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