Prehospital ECG looks very suspicious to the paramedic
This was sent by an anonymous paramedic. “One of the paramedics at my work approached me the other day and asked for my opinion on two…
Ed Burns (from Life in the Fast Lane) sent me this one….
Ed Burns (who is the creator of the incredible, fantastic, Life in the Fast Lane ECG library) sent me this one…. This is a from a…
See what happens when one fails to diagnose STEMI in LBBB and Paced Rhythm
Written by Meyers, edits by Smith: A female in her 60s presented complaining of 2-3 days of fatigue and shortness of breath. She called EMS…
Serial ECG recordings are essential: paramedic makes a great call!
This case was sent by Andrew, an Intensive Care Paramedic from Melbourne, Australia. Case We were dispatched to a female in her 50’s who…
Are These Wellens’ Waves??
This is a repost. I’ve received a few questions like this, so wanted to re-inforce the idea of down-up vs. up-down T-waves Case:…
A 70-something woman with syncope and a wide complex
This case was written by Andy Lichtenheld (https://twitter.com/ALichtenheld), a really smart 2nd year resident here at our Emergency Medicine…
A 30-something woman with chest pain and h/o pulmonary hypertension due to chronic pulmonary emboli
A 30-something woman with known history of pulmonary hypertension due to chronic pulmonary emboli presented with 12 hours of substernal chest…
A 50-something with h/o coronary bypass has chest pain and a ventricular paced rhythm
A 50-something male with h/o CAD and CABG, and dual chamber pacemaker due to sick sinus syndrome, called 911 for onset of acute chest pain 2…
What is the cause of this patient’s inferior ST depressions?
Written by Pendell Meyers, edits by Steve Smith A nurse brought this ECG to me, stating that she had recorded it because she was just notified…