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STAT ECG Diagnoses: recognition of life threatening ECG patterns before sudden cardiac arrest
A 73-year-old woman with past medical history of diabetes mellitus and atrial fibrillation is brought to the emergency department for mild hematemesis. The following ECG is obtained, and the patient…
Differential Diagnoses: must know causes of right axis deviation and wide QRS complexes
A 30-year-old man is pulled over by police for speeding. He begins feeling nauseous and has multiple episodes of vomiting. During transport to the emergency department by EMS he is…
STAT ECG Diagnoses: important considerations in hypotensive patients with acute cardiac ischemia
A 59-year-old man with no significant past medical history presents to the emergency department with chest pain, nausea, and shortness of breath for 1 hour. He appears diaphoretic on arrival…
Wide Complex Tachycardias: using old ECGs, Lewis leads, and rabbit ears to distinguish VT from SVT
A 48-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with palpitations. She is noted to be tachycardic at triage. The following ECG is obtained:
STAT ECG Diagnoses: distinguishing STEMI from pericarditis, and the difference between Wellens waves and Wellens syndrome
A 54-year-old man presents to the emergency department with acute sharp chest pain that is positional and pleuritic. The following ECG is obtained:
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:
STAT ECG Diagnoses: are ECG abnormalities necessary for the diagnosis of acute pericarditis?
Two separate 50-year-old men present to the emergency department with chest pain. Pain in both patients is described as sharp, pleuritic, and positional. The following ECGs are obtained:
STAT ECG Diagnoses: high left ventricular voltages and ‘dagger like’ Q waves
A 20-year-old man presents with nonspecific chest pain. His history and physical exam are unremarkable. The following ECG is obtained:
Differential Diagnoses: the many causes of T wave inversions in the anteroseptal leads and how to differentiate them
A 37-year-old woman presents with sharp musculoskeletal chest pain associated with cough. She reports symptoms of an upper respiratory tract infection over the past 2 days. The following ECG is…
STAT ECG Diagnoses: must know ECG patterns in screening for acute coronary occlusion
A 58-year-old woman is brought into the emergency department by paramedics with chest pain and diaphoresis. The following EMS ECG was obtained:
Wide Complex Tachycardias: distinguishing malignant arrhythmias from their mimics
A 65-year-old woman with PMHx of Parkinson’s disease presents to the emergency department after an episode of syncope. She continues to feel unwell on arrival and appears diaphoretic, blood pressure…
STAT ECG Diagnoses: a safe approach to the evaluation of patients with diffuse ST segment elevation
A 24-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with acute chest pain and shortness of breath. Pain is described as progressively worsening substernal chest pressure. She has a history of…
Several ECG cases from UMEM that highlight the importance of pattern recognition and a good history to differentiate between benign vs. life threatening ECG findings!
A 76-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department by EMS with for lightheadedness and syncope. The following ECG is obtained on arrival:
UMEM cases that highlight the right way to think about new right axis deviation and much more!
An 87-year-old man is brought to the emergency department by EMS with acute chest pain. The following ECG is obtained on arrival:
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:
STAT ECG Diagnoses: early ECG signs of cardiac ischemia and acute coronary occlusion
A 72-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department by EMS with acute chest pain and shortness of breath. The following ECG is obtained on arrival:
Must know ECGs you will see on board exams and have to recognize in real life
A 34-year-old man is brought to the emergency department with delirium and agitation. The following ECG is obtained:
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…
STAT ECG Diagnoses: how to identify acute coronary occlusion myocardial infarction in patients with right bundle branch blocks (RBBB)
A 61-year-old man presents to the emergency department with acute chest pain associated with diaphoresis and appears pale. While obtaining a history and performing a physical exam the patient has…
STAT ECG Diagnoses: how to identify acute coronary occlusion MI in patients with LVH with strain pattern
A 60-year-old man presents to the emergency department with central chest pain for the last 2.5 hours concerning for cardiac ischemia. The following ECG is obtained on arrival:
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