early repol that is scaryearly repolarizationLAD occlusion vs. benign early repolarizationStress Teststress test normalizes ST segments3 Min Read Steve SmithonApril 11, 2018 Huge Precordial ST Elevation in an ED Patient This was sent by Twitike Nthakomwa, a medical officer from Malawi who knows a lot about ECGs. Here is a 50-something patient who…
Benign T-wave Inversionlead misplacement3 Min Read Steve SmithonApril 9, 2018 Tachycardia, hyperthyroid, and ST elevation. What is it? This ECG was texted to me on my phone, with the words “Asymptomatic with hyperthyroidism:” What do you think? I replied that…
cardiac arresthyperkalemiahyperkalemia treatmentVentricular Tachycardia due to Hyperkalemiawide complexWide complex tachycardiawide QRSwide_complex_tachycardia6 Min Read Pendell MeyersonApril 6, 2018 A middle aged man with unwitnessed cardiac arrest Written by Pendell Meyers, with edits by Steve Smith Thanks to my attending Nic Thompson who superbly led this resuscitation We received a…
1 Min Read Steve SmithonApril 5, 2018 Too Fast! Too Slow! 2 Lectures from Rocky Mountain EM Conference. These are 2 short lectures I gave at the Rocky Mountain EM Winter Conference. Thanks to EMedHome for the video and processing! Too Fast! Too…
LVHPseudoSTEMI3 Min Read Steve SmithonApril 4, 2018 Huge Anterior Voltage, with ST Elevation I saw “Chest pain” on the board and clicked to look at the ECG. Here it is: Much ST elevation in V2 (approx 5.5 mm at the…
4 Min Read Pendell MeyersonApril 1, 2018 The OMI Manifesto The OMI Manifesto A collaboration by Dr. Smith’s ECG Blog and EMCrit Pendell Meyers, MD Scott Weingart, MD, FCCM Stephen Smith, MD The current…